Whorish
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈhɔɹɪʃ/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Whorish is an adjective meaning (vulgar) Resembling or befitting a whore.
Meaning
(vulgar) Resembling or befitting a whore.
Example Sentences
[…] Lish’s mother, the divorcee, was a beauty and a whorish flirt.
You, like a lecher, out of whorish loins / Are pleased to breed out your inheritors:
Some pop singers try to compensate for lack of talent with whorish outfits and gyrations.
[…] I am broken with their whorish heart which hath departed from me, and with their eyes which goe a whoring after their idoles: […].
Word Forms
- whoreish
Synonyms for whorish
Depending on context, synonyms include hookerish, meretricious, sluttery, slutlike, sluttish, slutty.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include whoreish, whorely, whorelike, whoresome, hookerish, whoremasterly.
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