"whorey" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-us-ncalif-whorey.ogg [Northern-California, US] Forms: whorier [comparative], whoriest [superlative]
Etymology: whore + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|whore|y}} whore + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} whorey (comparative whorier, superlative whoriest)
  1. (vulgar, derogatory) Slutty, promiscuous. Tags: derogatory, vulgar Translations (Of or resembling a slut): huoramainen (Finnish), huorahtava (Finnish), lutkamainen (Finnish), lutkahtava (Finnish), aputada (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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