Jezebel

noun

Jez·e·bel | \ ˈje-zə-ˌbel

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Definition of Jezebel

1 : the Phoenician wife of Ahab who according to the account in I and II Kings pressed the cult of Baal on the Israelite kingdom but was finally killed in accordance with Elijah's prophecy

2 often not capitalized : an impudent, shameless, or morally unrestrained woman

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as far as the family matriarch was concerned, her son's fiancée was a gold digger and a Jezebel

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