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Recent Examples of flirty
Cocktail dresses and cozy twinsets have been swapped out for work-appropriate blazers and cardigans layered over shirts, though Rowe retained some of Jones’s flirty personality by dressing her in pieces such as a mini skirt, made more demure styled with stockings.
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Kati Chitrakorn, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 2026
The files disclosed emails exchanged between Maxwell and Wasserman in 2003 that were flirty and risque at a time when Wasserman was married.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 14 Feb. 2026
The founder of the intimates and shapewear brand shared a few snaps of a fun, flirty look on Instagram on January 28.
—Meg Walters, InStyle, 29 Jan. 2026
Parisian brand Rouje is an arbiter of cool, and founder Jeanne Damas’s flirty dresses are feminine and timeless.
—Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 15 Jan. 2026
Yungblud — who's dating girlfriend Jesse Jo Stark — had a hilariously flirty response.
—Jack Irvin, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
This time, blush was more than just a flirty little accent sandwiched between her Two Faced concealer.
—Essence, 7 Jan. 2026
The entire look evoked a flirty femininity with modern touches throughout.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 18 Dec. 2025
The Naked Gun stars Pamela Anderson and Liam Neeson sent tongues wagging over the summer with their flirty press tour while promoting the reboot of the slapstick police spoof comedies of the 1980s.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Dec. 2025
Kati Chitrakorn, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 2026
The files disclosed emails exchanged between Maxwell and Wasserman in 2003 that were flirty and risque at a time when Wasserman was married.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 14 Feb. 2026
The founder of the intimates and shapewear brand shared a few snaps of a fun, flirty look on Instagram on January 28.
—Meg Walters, InStyle, 29 Jan. 2026
Parisian brand Rouje is an arbiter of cool, and founder Jeanne Damas’s flirty dresses are feminine and timeless.
—Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 15 Jan. 2026
Yungblud — who's dating girlfriend Jesse Jo Stark — had a hilariously flirty response.
—Jack Irvin, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
This time, blush was more than just a flirty little accent sandwiched between her Two Faced concealer.
—Essence, 7 Jan. 2026
The entire look evoked a flirty femininity with modern touches throughout.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 18 Dec. 2025
The Naked Gun stars Pamela Anderson and Liam Neeson sent tongues wagging over the summer with their flirty press tour while promoting the reboot of the slapstick police spoof comedies of the 1980s.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flirty
flirtatious
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Packed with flirtatious lyrics and double entendres, the single harkens back to the genre’s late ‘10s era, brimming with playful energy, seduction and allure.—
Natalia Cano,
Billboard,
20 Feb. 2026
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The scene was much more aggressive as written, but the actors found an awkwardly flirtatious dynamic on the set that felt true to their characters.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Flirty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flirty. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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