whorish

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Aah but the literary world was not always so whorish, swinish and unrepenting.

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  1. adjective Of or characteristic of whores or a whore; lewd.

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  • ;43 The most surprising penitent of all was the impetuous Lola Montez ; whorish, selfish, deceitful Lola who had broken old King Ludwig ;s heart and lost him his kingdom. —  Sex with Kings Eleanor Herman
  • We will pay for these whorish, extravagant, asinine maneuvers with future US dollars, putting us in a very similar fiasco we're currently dealing with in the credit markets. —  pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator
  • While we're at it, we need to kick out some of more whorish members of the GOP. —  Hot Air » Top Picks
  • Another woman has come forward to say that Southwest personnel considered her attire whorish and Rebecca Lewis: The latest Canadian women's clothing store onine - a fun new way to shop for a single piece or entire ... —  Buy Clothes
  • Wow, even Wilmer looks less man-whorish than usual. —  Crazy Days and Nights
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/ˈhoʊrɪʃ/
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