foxy

foxy

adjective \ˈfäk-sē\

fox·i·erfox·i·est

Definition of FOXY

1

: resembling or suggestive of a fox <a narrow foxy face>: as

a : cunningly shrewd

b : of a warm reddish-brown color <foxy eyebrows>

2

: having a sharp brisk flavor <foxy grapes>

3

: physically attractive <a foxy lady>

— fox·i·ly \ˈfäk-sə-lē\ adverb

— fox·i·ness \-sē-nəs\ noun

Examples of FOXY

1. <the oft-told story of the foxy flatterer who works her way up the ladder of success by stepping on people as she goes>

First Known Use of FOXY

1528

Related to FOXY

Synonyms

beguiling, cagey (also cagy), crafty, cunning, cute, designing, devious, dodgy [chiefly British], artful, guileful, scheming, shrewd, slick, sly, subtle, tricky, wily

Antonyms

artless, guileless, ingenuous, innocent, undesigning

Related Words

astute, facile, glib, sharp; crooked, deceitful, deceptive, dishonest, fraudulent, insinuating, knavish, Machiavellian, oblique, serpentine, shady, shifty, slippery, sneaky, treacherous, underhand, underhanded, unscrupulous; backhanded, double-dealing, hypocritical, insincere, left-handed, mealy, mealymouthed, smooth-tongued, two-faced; circuitous, circular, roundabout; clandestine, concealed, covert, furtive, hugger-mugger, secret, stealthy, surreptitious, undercover; calculating, plotting

Near Antonyms

obvious, open, patent, plain, public, unconcealed; aboveboard, candid, direct, forthright, frank, honest, natural, outspoken, plainspoken, real, simple, sincere, straightforward, unaffected, unpretending, unpretentious, unvarnished; childlike, impressionable, simpleminded, unsophisticated, unworldly; unforced, unstudied; trustful, trusting

See Synonym Discussion at sly

Other Alcoholic Beverage Terms

finish, gimlet, mull, sake, setup, sommelier, syllabub, vintner, wassail

Rhymes with FOXY

boxy, doxy, moxie, oxy, poxy, proxy