Definition

1. Noun:

   • A person, typically a woman, who engages in sexual activity for payment: The term "whore" primarily refers to a prostitute.
   • (Derogatory) A person who is considered sexually promiscuous or unscrupulous: Used as a strong insult to criticize someone's perceived lack of sexual morality or integrity.

2. Verb:

   • To work as a prostitute: To engage in sexual acts for money.
   • To compromise one's principles for personal gain, especially financial: To debase oneself or one's talents for money or other advantages.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • The novel's character was a whore working in the city's red-light district.
  • (Derogatory) He called her a whore after their argument, which was completely uncalled for.

• Verb:

  • In desperate times, she feared she might have to whore to survive.
  • The talented writer felt he had whored his skills by writing cheap advertisements.

Advanced Usage

• "To whore oneself out": To prostitute oneself; (figuratively) to use one's abilities or body in a degrading way for money or favor.
  • The actor felt he had whored himself out by starring in the terrible movie just for the paycheck.

Variants and Related Words

• Whoredom (n): The practice or state of being a prostitute.
• Whoring (n/adj): The act of being or working as a prostitute; engaging in promiscuous sexual activity.
  • His years of whoring left him lonely and diseased.

Synonyms

• Noun: Prostitute, harlot, sex worker, courtesan (historical/formal), strumpet (archaic).
• Verb: Prostitute, sell oneself, debase oneself.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Whore around (v, informal): To engage in promiscuous sexual activity with many partners.
  • After his divorce, he spent a few years whoring around.

Related Idioms

• (To be) A whore for [something]: (Figurative, informal) To be excessively eager for or devoted to something, often implying a lack of standards or principles.
  • He's a whore for attention and will do anything to get it.
  • That critic is a whore for praise from the studios.

Noun

1. a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money

Verb

1. compromise oneself for money or other gains
   • She whored herself to Hollywood
2. have unlawful sex with a whore
3. work as a prostitute