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whore

whore
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [hawr, hohr or, often, hoo r]
    • /hɔr, hoʊr or, often, hʊər/
    • /hɔːr/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hawr, hohr or, often, hoo r]
    • /hɔr, hoʊr or, often, hʊər/

Definitions of whore word

  • noun whore a person who engages in promiscuous sex for money; prostitute. 1
  • noun whore Disparaging and Offensive. a person who is sexually promiscuous. 1
  • noun whore a person who sacrifices personal principles or uses someone or something in a base or unworthy manner, usually for money: a greedy publicity whore. 1
  • verb without object whore to act as a whore. 1
  • verb without object whore to consort with whores. 1
  • verb without object whore to seek after something that is base or unworthy: those who practice idolatry and whore after other gods. 1

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Origin of whore

First appearance:

before 1100
One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1100; Middle English, Old English hōre; cognate with German Hure, Old Norse hōra; akin to Gothic hors harlot, Latin cārus dear

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Parts of speech for Whore

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

whore popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

whore usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for whore

noun whore

  • b-girl — a female break dancer
  • bawd — a person who runs a brothel, esp a woman
  • bimbo — If someone calls a young woman a bimbo, they think that although she is pretty she is rather stupid.
  • bitch — If someone calls a woman a bitch, they are saying in a very rude way that they think she behaves in a very unpleasant way.
  • call girl — A call girl is a prostitute who makes appointments by telephone.

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