salaciousness

noun

as in desire
sexual appetite the salaciousness usually enjoyed with a new fling

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for salaciousness
  1. desire
  2. passion
  3. eroticism
  4. lust
Noun
  • Emery’s desire to blood Madjo early was ultimately reflected in picking him to start ahead of Tammy Abraham — who the club are willing to listen to offers for — in Salzburg.
    — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Modern food consumption is also a good example of how abundance doesn’t necessarily eliminate the desire for luxury.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of desire
Noun
  • Known for her dry sense of humor, passion for horses and being the hardest working royal, Princess Anne has also maintained strict boundaries about her privacy and kept her family away from the spotlight.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 15 Aug. 2026
  • There was a fluidity to their performance that treasured passion over technical precision.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of passion
Noun
  • In between all that, the story comes in desire and danger, and that’s where the thriller, crime and eroticism emerge.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 29 July 2026
  • The therapist Esther Perel has a theory about America’s eroticism shortage.
    — Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026
Definition of eroticism
Noun
  • Mostly because the object of Faydra’s sudden, all-devouring lust is her soon-to-be stepson.
    — Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The dramatic recipe involves equal parts literary ambition, risk-taking, and chutzpah, with a dash of substance abuse, cooked on the high heat of adolescent lust that brings Tony to Provincetown in pursuit of a schoolmate named Nancy (Emilia Jones).
    — Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of lust
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“Salaciousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salaciousness. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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