Whore definition

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A person considered as having compromised principles for personal gain.
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Any woman who engages in promiscuous sexual intercourse.
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(often offensive) A person considered sexually promiscuous.
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To compromise one's principles for personal gain.
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To be a whore.
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To accept payment in exchange for sexual relations.
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To have sexual intercourse with whores.
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A prostitute.
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To associate or have sexual relations with prostitutes or a prostitute.
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The definition of a whore is a name for someone who participates in sexual acts in exchange for money.

An example of whore is what one might call Julia Roberts' character at the beginning of Pretty Woman.

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whore after
  • to debase oneself by pursuing something unworthy or in an unworthy manner
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Noun

Singular:
whore
Plural:
whores

Idioms and Phrasal Verbs

whore after

Origin of whore

  • Middle English hore from Old English hōre kā- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Whore Sentence Examples

  • Like she was more than the daughter of a whore and a sick nobleman.

  • The whore lied to me!

  • He was mindful in that betrothal period, he thought she was playing the whore!

  • Enter the first door on the left to find the whore.

  • The Paramount takes itself very seriously, which is slightly ridiculous considering it's just an ugly façade for a ten-dollar corporate whore.

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