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whorish

US/ˈhɔɹɪʃ/

whorish adjective: resembling or befitting a whore.

Adjective

whorish (comparative more whorish, superlative most whorish)

  1. (vulgar) Resembling or befitting a whore.
    • Some pop singers try to compensate for lack of talent with whorish outfits and gyrations.
    • You, like a lecher, out of whorish loins / Are pleased to breed out your inheritors:c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Examples of whorish in a sentence

  • […] I am broken with their whorish heart which hath departed from me, and with their eyes which goe a whoring after their idoles: […].1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezekiel 6:9:
  • […] Lish’s mother, the divorcee, was a beauty and a whorish flirt.1989, John Irving, chapter 7, in A Prayer for Owen Meany, New York: William Morrow, page 327:
  • "I love it here, it's so whorish," he said.2005 March 13, Denny Lee, quoting Vince, “Looking for Mr. Right Now”, in New York Times, retrieved 19 Nov 2016:

Synonyms of whorish

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Forms of whorish

comparativemore whorish
superlativemost whorish
alternative formwhoreish

Origin of whorish

From whore + -ish.

Words formed from whorish

Words that rhyme with whorish

Questions about whorish

What does whorish mean?
Whorish means resembling or befitting a whore.
How do you use whorish in a sentence?
[…] I am broken with their whorish heart which hath departed from me, and with their eyes which goe a whoring after their idoles: […].
What part of speech is whorish?
Whorish is an adjective.
How do you pronounce whorish?
Whorish is pronounced /ˈhɔɹɪʃ/ (US).

Words near whorish in the dictionary

  1. whoring after
  2. whoring around
  3. whoring out
  4. whoring up
  5. whorings
  6. whorish
  7. whorishly
  8. whorishness
  9. whorl
  10. whorl feet
  11. whorl foot

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