as in passionate
having a strong sexual desire
the salacious Greek god Pan is generally portrayed as having the legs, horns, and ears of a goat
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Recent Examples of salacious
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation launched this investigative-series umbrella in 2018, and each year the feed delivers four to six miniseries that generally hover around the border of the salacious and the journalistic.
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Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2025
Lizza’s salacious dispatches may end up foreclosing Nuzzi’s future in journalism; The New York Times has reported that Vanity Fair is reviewing its ties to her.
—Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2025
Willie Bell Gibson's former students use words like salacious.
—Lily Altavena, Freep.com, 29 Nov. 2025
Further discontentment also stemmed from Fennell’s general spearheading of the project, given her affinity for the salacious and the fact that the pic is not billed as a modern retelling.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 13 Nov. 2025
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Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2025
Lizza’s salacious dispatches may end up foreclosing Nuzzi’s future in journalism; The New York Times has reported that Vanity Fair is reviewing its ties to her.
—Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2025
Willie Bell Gibson's former students use words like salacious.
—Lily Altavena, Freep.com, 29 Nov. 2025
Further discontentment also stemmed from Fennell’s general spearheading of the project, given her affinity for the salacious and the fact that the pic is not billed as a modern retelling.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 13 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for salacious
Adjective
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Instructor Peggie Moore is passionate about working with students of every age, size, shape and ability.—
Kris Slugg,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
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Kubota is passionate about water, food and the environment.—
Sabbir Rangwala,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Although all the signs are there that the charter market is particularly hot in 2026, there are still yachts available to charter in the eclipse’s path.—
Chrissie McClatchie,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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The other new entries are DSquared2 (which featured a hot celebrity) and Dolce & Gabbana (which generated heated controversy for its model casting).—
Luke Leitch,
Vogue,
28 Jan. 2026
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Detectives with the sheriff’s Child Abuse Bureau led the investigation and obtained an arrest warrant for Rutherford on one count of oral copulation on a victim 10 years old or younger and three counts of committing lewd and lascivious acts with a child younger than 14.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
19 Dec. 2025
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She is charged with two counts of indecent, lewd or lascivious touching of certain minors, and violation of parole, according to the report.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
13 Dec. 2025
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“Salacious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salacious. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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