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Definition of louche in English: loucheadjective luːʃluʃ Disreputable or sordid in a rakish or appealing way. the louche world of the theatre Example sentencesExamples - I was telling him about last night and he described me as sounding languid and louche, and consequently correctly guessed that I was still in bed.
- Their two-year courtship was spent among the Chelsea set - a fast group of bohemian artists and media types not averse to giving louche parties.
- ‘He's a wretch,’ says Amis in his familiar louche drawl, at its sneary best on such occasions, and perfect for them.
- Although it enjoys a louche reputation among the druggie and stag-party sets, it's actually one of the most refined, stylish cities I know.
- Somewhere between circus and living sculpture, it has the thrills and spills of the big top, the aesthetic sensibility of ballet and a hint of louche cabaret.
- The spies on both sides are pretty louche characters, and espionage is portrayed as intimately bound up with military and business interests.
- Witty examinations of the more louche aspects of sexuality are masked by music so exquisite that the provocative subject matter barely registers.
- He made no apologies for his rackety lifestyle, his liking for louche and even sleazy companions, his lavish consumption of cigars, brandy and champagne.
- Sitting at a nearby table, under a revolving mirror ball, Steve seems immune to such louche diversions.
- Sure enough, its reputation for unorthodoxy has gradually brought together a louche bunch of demented geniuses.
- The tousled hair's intact, but, at 57, the formerly cherubic face is somewhat worn, making him look more louche than ever.
- If you can't dance, stand at the bar and look louche.
- The historically louche behaviour definitely has more charm.
- Lounge lizards will welcome this louche downtown bar boasting one of North America's largest vodka selections not to mention world-class wines.
- So many, and not just the young, want the ambience - a louche, bohemian, coffee house style - and not the substance.
- Fresh of face and louche of manner, they are equal parts Dickensian urchins and Wildean dandies.
- The story centres on Sebastian, a louche and over - indulged New Orleans playboy, who has perished in ugly circumstances overseas.
- Service was reasonably snappy, if occasionally louche, the prices were very reasonable given the size of the portions and the ambience was mixed and lively.
- The man was from Mexico, a London boy transplanted into a hot Hispanic city, where he was throwing away his brains and education on a louche life of nightclubs and restaurants.
- He was blond and good-looking, if a touch louche: a bit like a minor character out of PG Wodehouse, only with a Dublin accent.
Synonyms scandalous, of bad reputation, infamous, notorious
Derivatives noun Now they have the opportunity to spend it so there are more 40, 50 and 60-year-olds living like 20-year-olds, indulging in groovy loucheness. Example sentencesExamples - But if Byron was celebrated for his amorality and loucheness, so was the city he surveyed that drizzly November afternoon.
- This is probably the coolest film ever made: its quality of loucheness is unsurpassed.
- Ray's writing has the same exoticism, the same intellectual loucheness.
- The new version adds its own layer of loucheness by making Apollo a predatory cruiser and by hinting at a lesbian relationship between a syndicated gossip writer and Juno.
Origin Early 19th century: from French, literally 'squinting'. Rhymes barouche, cartouche, douche, farouche, ruche, sloosh, swoosh, tarboosh Definition of louche in US English: loucheadjectivelo͞oSHluʃ Disreputable or sordid in a rakish or appealing way. the louche world of the theater Example sentencesExamples - Lounge lizards will welcome this louche downtown bar boasting one of North America's largest vodka selections not to mention world-class wines.
- Service was reasonably snappy, if occasionally louche, the prices were very reasonable given the size of the portions and the ambience was mixed and lively.
- The story centres on Sebastian, a louche and over - indulged New Orleans playboy, who has perished in ugly circumstances overseas.
- The man was from Mexico, a London boy transplanted into a hot Hispanic city, where he was throwing away his brains and education on a louche life of nightclubs and restaurants.
- He made no apologies for his rackety lifestyle, his liking for louche and even sleazy companions, his lavish consumption of cigars, brandy and champagne.
- So many, and not just the young, want the ambience - a louche, bohemian, coffee house style - and not the substance.
- Fresh of face and louche of manner, they are equal parts Dickensian urchins and Wildean dandies.
- I was telling him about last night and he described me as sounding languid and louche, and consequently correctly guessed that I was still in bed.
- He was blond and good-looking, if a touch louche: a bit like a minor character out of PG Wodehouse, only with a Dublin accent.
- Somewhere between circus and living sculpture, it has the thrills and spills of the big top, the aesthetic sensibility of ballet and a hint of louche cabaret.
- The tousled hair's intact, but, at 57, the formerly cherubic face is somewhat worn, making him look more louche than ever.
- Sitting at a nearby table, under a revolving mirror ball, Steve seems immune to such louche diversions.
- If you can't dance, stand at the bar and look louche.
- ‘He's a wretch,’ says Amis in his familiar louche drawl, at its sneary best on such occasions, and perfect for them.
- Witty examinations of the more louche aspects of sexuality are masked by music so exquisite that the provocative subject matter barely registers.
- The spies on both sides are pretty louche characters, and espionage is portrayed as intimately bound up with military and business interests.
- Their two-year courtship was spent among the Chelsea set - a fast group of bohemian artists and media types not averse to giving louche parties.
- Sure enough, its reputation for unorthodoxy has gradually brought together a louche bunch of demented geniuses.
- The historically louche behaviour definitely has more charm.
- Although it enjoys a louche reputation among the druggie and stag-party sets, it's actually one of the most refined, stylish cities I know.
Synonyms scandalous, of bad reputation, infamous, notorious
Origin Early 19th century: from French, literally ‘squinting’. |