hoyden

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Recent Examples of hoyden Rudeness is of course still frowned upon, and sometimes hoydens behaved in ways that are rude by today’s standards – a girl who pushed another out of her seat at school was a hoyden in 1865. Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hoyden
Noun
  • Yoo wears round wire-frame glasses and sweeps his dark hair back; Schat describes herself as a tomboy and keeps her hair in a pixie cut.
    Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The artist’s ability to straddle the line between tomboy inclinations and ultra-glam moments is what has always attracted me to her style.
    Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 20 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Elba’s pixie cut hair was coiffed by James Catalano, featuring her baby bangs framing her face.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The French cast is flawless, as is Zoey Deutch in a pixie cut as Jean Seberg.
    Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 1 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Bulls jumped into my top 25 after a season-opening romp against Boise State in Week 1, but most of the rest of the country was cautious.
    Chris Vannini, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • In this laugh-a-minute romp, Keke Palmer and SZA star as two down-on-their-luck besties and roommates who discover (much too late) that one of their boyfriends squandered their rent money.
    James Mercadante, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Vogue Shopping The Stripe Shirt Give a classic mariner tee a gamine twist with a pleated mini, sleek heels, and a mermaid-esque bag that subtly nods to sirens of the sea.
    Christina Holevas, Vogue, 30 May 2025
  • In response, Sarah’s emotional state swings between consternation and compulsion as her solitary writer’s retreat morphs into a poolside war of wills between stuffy dame and slightly unhinged French gamine.
    Gráinne O'Hara Belluomo, Footwear News, 26 May 2025

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“Hoyden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hoyden. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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