Meaning of "whore" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD WHORE

Old English hōre; related to Old Norse hōra, Old High German hvora, Latin carus dear.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF WHORE

whore  [hɔː]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WHORE

Whore is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb whore in English.

WHAT DOES WHORE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Prostitution

Prostitution is the business or practice of engaging in sexual relations in exchange for payment or some other benefit. Prostitution is sometimes described as commercial sex. A person who works in this field is called a prostitute, and is a kind of sex worker. Prostitution is one of the branches of the sex industry. The legal status of prostitution varies from country to country, from being permissible but unregulated, to an enforced or unenforced crime or to a regulated profession. Prostitution is sometimes also referred to as "the world's oldest profession". Estimates place the annual revenue generated by prostitution worldwide to be over $100 billion. Prostitution occurs in a variety of forms. Brothels are establishments specifically dedicated to prostitution. In escort prostitution, the act may take place at the client's residence or hotel room, or at the escort's residence or a hotel room rented for the occasion by the escort. Another form is street prostitution. Although the majority of prostitutes are female with male clients, there are also gay male prostitutes, lesbian prostitutes, and heterosexual male prostitutes.

Definition of whore in the English dictionary

The first definition of whore in the dictionary is a prostitute or promiscuous woman: often a term of abuse. Other definition of whore is to be or act as a prostitute. Whore is also to have promiscuous sexual relations, esp with prostitutes.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO WHORE

PRESENT

Present

I whore

you whore

he/she/it whores

we whore

you whore

they whore

Present continuous

I am whoring

you are whoring

he/she/it is whoring

we are whoring

you are whoring

they are whoring

Present perfect

I have whored

you have whored

he/she/it has whored

we have whored

you have whored

they have whored

Present perfect continuous

I have been whoring

you have been whoring

he/she/it has been whoring

we have been whoring

you have been whoring

they have been whoring

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I whored

you whored

he/she/it whored

we whored

you whored

they whored

Past continuous

I was whoring

you were whoring

he/she/it was whoring

we were whoring

you were whoring

they were whoring

Past perfect

I had whored

you had whored

he/she/it had whored

we had whored

you had whored

they had whored

Past perfect continuous

I had been whoring

you had been whoring

he/she/it had been whoring

we had been whoring

you had been whoring

they had been whoring

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will whore

you will whore

he/she/it will whore

we will whore

you will whore

they will whore

Future continuous

I will be whoring

you will be whoring

he/she/it will be whoring

we will be whoring

you will be whoring

they will be whoring

Future perfect

I will have whored

you will have whored

he/she/it will have whored

we will have whored

you will have whored

they will have whored

Future perfect continuous

I will have been whoring

you will have been whoring

he/she/it will have been whoring

we will have been whoring

you will have been whoring

they will have been whoring

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would whore

you would whore

he/she/it would whore

we would whore

you would whore

they would whore

Conditional continuous

I would be whoring

you would be whoring

he/she/it would be whoring

we would be whoring

you would be whoring

they would be whoring

Conditional perfect

I would have whore

you would have whore

he/she/it would have whore

we would have whore

you would have whore

they would have whore

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been whoring

you would have been whoring

he/she/it would have been whoring

we would have been whoring

you would have been whoring

they would have been whoring

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you whore
we let´s whore
you whore

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to whore

Past participle

whored

Present Participle

whoring

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «WHORE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «whore» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of whore

brass · call girl · cocotte · courtesan · demimondaine · demirep · fille de joie · fornicate · harlot · hooker · hustle · hustler · prostitute · scrubber · slag · sleep around · solicit · streetwalker · strumpet · tart · tom · trollop · walk the streets · wanton · wench · woman of easy virtue · womanize · working girl

TRANSLATION OF WHORE

Find out the translation of whore to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of whore from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «whore» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 妓女
• Translator English - Spanish: puta
• English: whore
• Translator English - Hindi: वेश्या
• Translator English - Arabic: عاهرة
• Translator English - Russian: шлюха
• Translator English - Portuguese: whore
• Translator English - Bengali: বেশ্যা
• Translator English - French: putain
• Translator English - Malay: Pelacur
• Translator English - German: Hure
• Translator English - Japanese: 売春婦
• Translator English - Korean: 창녀
• Translator English - Javanese: Lonthe
• Translator English - Vietnamese: con điếm
• Translator English - Tamil: பரத்தை
• Translator English - Marathi: वेश्या
• Translator English - Turkish: fahişe
• Translator English - Italian: puttana
• Translator English - Polish: kurwa
• Translator English - Ukrainian: шлюха
• Translator English - Romanian: curvă
• Translator English - Greek: πόρνη
• Translator English - Afrikaans: hoer
• Translator English - Swedish: hora
• Translator English - Norwegian: hore

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WHORE»

Discover the use of whore in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to whore and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Whore

Whoever said "whoring wasn't easy" never lied!

Tanika Lynch, 2006

Whore

A Montreal prostitute bares her soul in this lyrical novel of a life lived outside the pale of "decent" society but nevertheless informed by its least appealing attributes. Original.

Nelly Arcan, 2005

'Tis Pity She's A Whore: A Critical Guide

A comprehensive introduction to John Ford's Tis Pity She's a Whore - introducing its critical history, performance history, the current critical landscape and new directions in research on the play.

Lisa Hopkins, 2010

Whore Stories: A Revealing History of the World's Oldest ...

Featuring true stories of famous streetwalkers, pips, call girls and rent boys, Smith offers a revealing look at the men and women who have blazed the bawdy trail of prostitution since the dawn of time.

Tyler Stoddard Smith, 2012

'Tis Pity She's a Whore

PRODUCTIONS. Except for hishistorical tragedyof Perkin Warbeck, Ford tended to devise his own plots, so 'Tis Pity She's a Whore has no single, clear cut narrative source: in the process of composition he synthesized situations, scenes, and ...

John Ford, Martin Wiggins, 2014

From Priest's Whore to Pastor's Wife: Clerical Marriage and ...

Clerical Marriage and the Process of Reform in the Early German Reformation Dr Marjorie Elizabeth Plummer. After declaring having enough material to “fill a book ” about the canons' immoral behavior and citing published defenses of clerical ...

Dr Marjorie Elizabeth Plummer, 2013

The Whore of Akron: One Man's Search for the Soul of LeBron ...

Raab, a fifty-nine-year-old, 350-pound, Jewish Santa Claus with a Chief Wahoo tattoo, would bear witness to LeBron's every move, and in doing so would act as the eyes and ears of Cleveland itself. (He did not keep this intentions a secret ...

Scott Raab, 2011

Dork Whore: My Travels Through Asia as a Twenty-Year-Old ...

Dork Whore is a fresh and funny memoir about a young woman whose quirky personality and embarrassing neuroses always seem to get in the way of her getting what she wants.

Iris Bahr, 2008

The Protestant Whore: Courtesan Narrative and Religious ...

Nell Gwyn, actress and royal mistress, stood apart by virtue of her Protestant loyalty. In 1681, Gwyn, her carriage surrounded by an angry anti-Catholic mob, famously declared 'I am the protestant whore.

Alison Margaret Conway, 2010

Rembrandt's Whore

In a serene, sensuous style of writing and through a compelling narrative of great psychological depth, Rembrandt's Whore does for the Dutch Master what Tracy Chevalier's Girl with a Pearl Earring did for Vermeer.

Sylvie Matton, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WHORE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term whore is used in the context of the following news items.

I was gangraped at 24, called a whore at 14, Sapna Bhavnani tells …

"When I was 14, I used to talk to boys; drive motor cycles, smoke cigarettes and people in Bandra would often call me a whore because of those things. I never ... «ABP Live, Jul 15»

Avengers: Age of Ultron Stars Under Fire for Calling Scarlett …

... called Scarlett Johansson's character Natasha Romanoff—aka spy/assassin/agent “the Black Widow” in the Marvel universe—a “slut” and a “complete whore” ... «TIME, Apr 15»

Madonna: Women Most Marginalized, 'Either a Virgin or a Whore'

You're still categorized—you're either a virgin or a whore. If you're a certain age, you're not allowed to express your sexuality, be single or date younger men.”. «Breitbart News, Mar 15»

More Comcast customers write in, report name changes of “whore …

As if Comcast's recent account name change to “asshole” wasn't bad enough, there are new reports of more rude names like "whore," "dummy," and “Fakoe Boz. «Ars Technica, Jan 15»

Defiant Wirathu defends 'whore' slur

U Wirathu labelled Ms Lee a “whore” for opposing a package of laws he is pushing the government and parliament to enact during a protest on January 16, the ... «Myanmar Times, Jan 15»

Top UN official slams Myanmar monk over 'whore' comments

(CNN) The United Nations' top human rights official has called on Myanmar's leaders to "unequivocally condemn" an ultra-nationalist Buddhist monk who ... «CNN, Jan 15»

Kevin Hart Lashes Out at Sony Exec for 'Whore' Snipe ... 'I Protect My …

Kevin Hart has come out swinging at the Sony exec who groused, "I'm not saying he's a whore, but he's a whore" ... saying he will NOT be taken advantage of by ... «TMZ.com, Dec 14»

Bette Midler Apologizes to Ariana Grande for 'Whore' Comment

Following Midler's interview with the U.K. Telegraph on Monday – in which the 68-year-old Divine Miss M chided the 21-year-old pop star for being too sexual ... «People Magazine, Nov 14»

Bow Wow Wasn't Feeling Tony Rock's Erica Mena 'Whore' Tweets

Regardless of what the masses want to assume about their relationship, Shad Moss is madly in love with Erica Mena and won't tolerate any trash talk about his ... «Vibe, Nov 14»

Hear David Bowie's New Single, 'Tis A Pity She Was A Whore

Entitled 'Tis A Pity She Was A Whore (and doubtless named in tribute to the 1629 tragedy by Jacobean playwright John Ford) it is a raucous five-minute mesh of ... «MOJO, Nov 14»