Louche

Quick meaning: Louche is an adjective meaning Of questionable taste or morality; decadent.

Meaning

Of questionable taste or morality; decadent.

More Meanings

1. Not reputable or decent.
2. Unconventional and slightly disreputable in an attractive manner; raffish, rakish.
3. A dubious or disreputable person or thing
4. (transitive) To make (an alcoholic beverage, e.g. absinthe or ouzo) cloudy by mixing it with water, due to the presence of anethole. This is known as the ouzo effect.

Example Sentences

The aunt will refuse; she will think the whole proceeding very louche!

My uncle knows something about that fellow—Clavering knows something about him. There’s something louche regarding him.

Upstairs Downstairs hosts the Kennedys and Wallis Simpson (these days, in British culture, the archetypal louche American).

Anyone inside the business can also tell you that without Carine Roitfeld's louche sexy styling Tom Ford's Gucci might easily have come off looking like a high-end Club Monaco.

Word Forms

• loucher
• louchest
• louches
• louching
• louched

Synonyms for louche

Depending on context, synonyms include shady, disreputable.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include disreputable, shady, decadent, sleazy, questionable, sinful.

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