Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or characteristic of whores or a whore; lewd.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to whores; having the character of a whore; lewd; unchaste.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Resembling a whore in character or conduct; addicted to unlawful pleasures; incontinent; lewd; unchaste.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Resembling or
befitting awhore .
Etymologies
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Examples
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He also addressed the labeling of his clothes as "whorish," noting, "Yes, the clothes are definitely for a woman, not a girl."
Joseph Altuzarra Poses In His Own Dress For W (PHOTO) Hilary Moss 2010
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He also addressed the labeling of his clothes as "whorish," noting, "Yes, the clothes are definitely for a woman, not a girl."
Joseph Altuzarra Poses In His Own Dress For W (PHOTO) Hilary Moss 2010
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As i have heard he is quotting Joyce's letters to his wife Nora with this "whorish", the way Joyce called her.
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We hear: “Dear God! What kind of whorish get-up is she wearing?”
Where is the Fine Line Between Chivalry and Sexism? | Impact Lab 2007
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That kind of whorish bullshit is exactly why I'm glad Spears is going insane and losing everything.
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Like almost all such places, it was a place where freedom and desire brought together “whorish” women, “brutish” immigrants, and shiftless, sensual slaves.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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As journalists, of course, we long have been accustomed to being smeared and assailed in a whorish manner for, as the ironist Pierce Thorne has noted:
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Fame these days is all torn fishnets and smeared lipstick, a whorish version of her former self, lifting her skirt with no purpose, predictability, or criterion.
Lorraine Devon Wilke: You're Not Keeping Up With The Kardashians Either Lorraine Devon Wilke 2011
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Fame these days is all torn fishnets and smeared lipstick, a whorish version of her former self, lifting her skirt with no purpose, predictability, or criterion.
Lorraine Devon Wilke: You're Not Keeping Up With The Kardashians Either Lorraine Devon Wilke 2011
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Mrs. Resnick came home and walked through the door with a bunch of evening gowns draped over her arm and saw the empty bottle of wine on the table, the dirty burnt dishes in the sink, the melted cheesecake in her microwave, and me, costumed as an exaggerated, tired, whorish version of her.
The Adults Alison Espach 2011
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