Whore

Noun

 * 1) A prostitute.
 * 2)  A person who is considered to be sexually promiscuous (see also: slut).
 * 3) A person who is unscrupulous, especially one who compromises their principles for gain.

Synonyms

 * see WikiSaurus:prostitute

Verb

 * : To prostitute oneself.
 * : To engage the services of a prostitute.
 * : To pimp; to pander.

Thesaurus
B-girl, Cyprian, Jezebel, Paphian, backslider, bad egg, bad lot, bad woman, baggage, bawd, be promiscuous, bitch, black sheep, broad, call girl, chase women, chippy, clitoromaniac, cocotte, commit adultery, coquette, courtesan, daughter of joy, debauch, degenerate, demimondaine, demimonde, demirep, dissipate, drab, easy lay, easy woman, erring sister, fallen angel, fallen woman, fancy woman, fille de joie, flirt, floozy, fornicate, frail sister, gold digger, grisette, grovel, harlot, harridan, hetaera, hooker, hussy, hustler, hysteromaniac, jade, kept woman, lecher, loose woman, lost sheep, lost soul, meretrix, miscreant, moll, nightwalker, nymphet, nympho, nymphomaniac, painted woman, paphian, pervert, philander, pickup, pimp, poule, profligate, prostitute, quean, rake, recidivist, recreant, reprobate, scapegrace, scarlet woman, sleep around, slut, sorry lot, stew, streetwalker, strumpet, swing, tart, trollop, trull, unfortunate woman, uteromaniac, vamp, wallow, wanton, wench, white slave, womanize

Etymology
hore:, from ; cognate with Old Norse hóra:, hórr:, German Hure:, Middle High German huore:, Old High German huora:, Dutch hoer:. Non-Germanic cognates include Latin carus:.

Noun

 * Afrikaans: hoor
 * Albanian: kurvë, prostitutë
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: բոզ (boz)
 * Breton: gast
 * Catalan: puta
 * Chinese:, ,
 * Min Nan:, , , , ,
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:, , běhna,  nevěstka,  šlapka
 * Danish:, ,  ,   skøge
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: putino, ĉiesulino, prostituino, publikulino, stratulino, amorulino
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese: hora, skøkja
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: მეძავი (medzavi), როსკიპი (roskipi), ბოზი (bozi)
 * German:, ,
 * Greek: πόρνη (pórni), ιερόδουλη (ieróduli) , (vulgar:) πουτάνα (putána)
 * Hebrew: זונה (zohnah), שרמוטה (sharmutah)
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:, , sundal, placur
 * Irish:
 * Italian:, , , , , , , , ,
 * Japanese:, 娼婦, 街娼, 売女, させ子, パンスケ
 * Korean: 갈보, 논다니, 매춘부 (賣春婦, maechunbu)
 * Latin: ,


 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian: kekšė
 * Malay:
 * Maltese: qaħba, prostituta
 * Maori: kairau
 * Mongolian: янхан
 * Norwegian:
 * Norwegian Nynorsk:
 * Occitan: puta
 * Old English: ,
 * Persian: (jendeh)
 * Polish: dziwka, prostytutka, kurwa
 * Portuguese: puta, prostituta, meretriz, messalina, rameira, garota de programa, mulher de vida fácil, mulher da vida, cortesã, rapariga (Brasil), quenga, roda bolsinha, faz trottoir, peripatética, mulher da zona (de baixo meretrício).
 * Romanian: curvă, târfă
 * Russian: курва, проститутка, блядь, потаскуха, шлюха
 * Sanskrit: रूपाजीवा
 * Scottish Gaelic: siùrsach, strìopach
 * Serbian:
 * Slovak: kurva, pobehlica
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: puta, prostituta, zorra, fulana, golfa, ramera, guarra, mujerzuela
 * Swedish:
 * Tamil: விபச்சாரி
 * Thai: (yĭng sŏhpâynee)
 * Turkish: orospu, kaltak, şırfıntı, şıllık, kevaşe, fahişe, aşifte (or aşüfte)
 * Vietnamese:
 * Walloon: putain
 * Welsh: hwren, gast, putain
 * Yiddish:, ,


 * Armenian: տվող (tvogh)
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Faroese: hora
 * Finnish: huora, lutka
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: ακόλαστη/ανήθικη γυναίκα (akolasti/anithiki gyneka), πουτάνα (putana) , τσούλα (tsoula)
 * Hebrew: שרלילה (sharlila) (slang)
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Portuguese:, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,.


 * Russian: ненаёба (nenajóba), сука (súka) , давалка (daválka) , блядь (bljad’) , подстилка (podstílka) , поблядушка (pobljadúška) , слаб/слаба на передок (slab/slabá na peredók), лярва (ljárva) , дешёвка (dešóvka) ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: siùrsach, strìopach , sgliùrach , leodag , luid , slapag , reipseach
 * Swedish: slampa


 * French: putain, salopard, saloparde
 * Russian: курвец, блядь, гад, говноед, гадина, поблядунья

Verb

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: տալ (tal), բոզություն անել (bozut῾yun anel)
 * Finnish: huorata, myydä itseään
 * French: se prostituer
 * German: sich prostituieren


 * Greek: εκπορνεύομαι (ekpornevome), εκδίδομαι (ekdidome)
 * Italian:
 * Russian: сблядоваться (sbljadovát’sja), заблядоваться (zabljadovát’sja)
 * Spanish: prostituirse
 * Swedish: att


 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: բոզի գնալ (bozi gnal)
 * French: engager une prostituée
 * Italian: a


 * Japanese: 売春婦を買う (baishunfu o kau)
 * Russian: ходить по блядям (χodít’ po bljádjam)
 * Spanish: ir de putas


 * Arabic:
 * Finnish: parittaa
 * French: ,


 * Portuguese:, , , , , , ,.

Related terms

 * attention whore
 * cute hoor (Hiberno English)
 * graphics whore
 * stat whore
 * concubine
 * hooker
 * harlot

Anagrams

 * hower
 * how're