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Synonyms for salacity
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : suh-ley-shuhs |
| Phonetic Transcription : səˈleɪ ʃəs |
Top 10 synonyms for salacity Other synonyms for the word salacity
- abomination
- admiration
- affront
- amativeness
- ambition
- animalism
- aphrodisia
- appetence
- appetite
- appetition
- ardor
- aspiration
- atrocity
- attraction
- avidity
- bawdiness
- bawdry
- blasphemy
- blight
- blueness
- boorishness
- brutishness
- carnality
- coarseness
- concupiscence
- corruptness
- covetousness
- craze
- cupidity
- curse
- debauchery
- depravity
- devotion
- dirt
- dirtiness
- dirty name
- dirty word
- dissoluteness
- doting
- eagerness
- epithet
- eroticism
- erotism
- evil
- evilness
- expletive
- fancy
- fascination
- filth
- filthiness
- fleshliness
- fondness
- foulness
- frenzy
- grossness
- hankering
- immodesty
- impropriety
- impurity
- inclination
- incontinence
- incontinency
- indelicacy
- infatuation
- itch
- lasciviousness
- lecherousness
- lechery
- lewdness
- libidinousness
- licentiousness
- liking
- love
- lubricity
- lust
- lustfulness
- mania
- motive
- need
- oath
- obscenity
- offense
- outrage
- passion
- pederasty
- porn
- pornography
- predilection
- proclivity
- profaneness
- profanity
- propensity
- prurience
- pruriency
- rapaciousness
- rapture
- raunchiness
- ravenousness
- relish
- ribaldry
- ruttishness
- salaciousness
- salacity
- satyriasis
- scatology
- scurrility
- scurrilousness
- sensualism
- sensuality
- sleaze
- smut
- smuttiness
- solicitude
- suggestiveness
- swearword
- thirst
- unchastity
- urge
- vileness
- villainy
- voluptuousness
- voracity
- vulgarity
- vulgarness
- wantonness
- weakness
- wickedness
- will
- wish
- wrong
- X-rating
- yearning
- yen
Définition of salacity
Origin :- 1660s, from Latin salax (genitive salacis) "lustful," probably originally "fond of leaping," as in a male animal leaping on a female in sexual advances, from salire "to leap" (see salient (adj.)). Earliest form of the word in English is salacity (c.1600). Related: Salaciously; salaciousness.
- As in lust : noun appetite, passion
- As in obscenity : noun indecency, immorality; vulgarism
- As in lewdness : noun indecency
- As in libidinousness : noun desire
- As in lustfulness : noun desire
- As in profaneness : noun obscenity
- As in prurience : noun desire
- As in pruriency : noun desire
- As in raunch : noun obscenity
- As in raunchiness : noun obscenity
- As in ribaldry : noun obscenity
- As in scatology : noun obscenity
- As in scurrility : noun obscenity
- As in scurrilousness : noun obscenity
- As in smuttiness : noun obscenity
- As in swearword : noun obscenity
- As in vulgarness : noun obscenity
- As in desire : noun want, longing
- While speaking, he busied himself in accordance with his salacity.
- Extract from : « Eastern Shame Girl » by Charles Georges Souli
- Salacity once aroused, even in a minister, allows no room for reason or for conscience.
- Extract from : « Plain Facts for Old and Young » by John Harvey Kellogg
Antonyms for salacity
- answer
- antagonism
- antipathy
- apathy
- aversion
- blessing
- calm
- calmness
- chastity
- cleanliness
- cleanness
- compliment
- continency
- coolness
- decency
- delight
- discouragement
- disenchantment
- disgust
- disinclination
- disinterest
- dislike
- distaste
- good
- goodness
- happiness
- hate
- hatred
- indifference
- innocence
- joy
- kindness
- loathing
- modesty
- morality
- peacefulness
- pleasantry
- propriety
- purity
- reply
- repulsion
- revulsion
- right
- satisfaction
- sterility
- tastefulness
- uprightness
- virtue
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