as in hussy
a boldly flirtatious or sexually promiscuous woman as far as the family matriarch was concerned, her son's fiancée was a gold digger and a Jezebel

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Noun
  • Billy the Kid, Doc Holliday and Pat Garrett hang out with a hussy.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Either way, the woman comes out the other end a victim and a champion, but as a tramp and a hussy too.
    Benjy Hansen-Bundy, Glamour, 30 May 2018
Noun
  • Meanwhile, sirens sounded in central Israel late Friday when a missile fired from Yemen appeared to break apart in mid-air, prompting reports of falling shrapnel, the Israeli military said.
    DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS, Arkansas Online, 23 Aug. 2025
  • Miu Miu’s Spring/Summer 2023 show made the agenda clear, reviving the no-pants moment while ushering in the return of the office siren aesthetic, which Westbeld meshes perfectly.
    Tiana Randall, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The Survivor minx is a tired and true stereotype as attractive female contestants are often portrayed on the show as using their feminine wiles to get ahead in the game.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 14 Apr. 2021
Noun
  • The only things shaky about Relish are the junkies, prostitutes, suicidal depressives, and sinners who populate Osborne's songs.
    EW Staff Published, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Serial killer Lorenzo Jerome Gilyard was convicted in 2007 for killing six women in Kansas City but is believed to have raped and strangled two girls and 11 women, most of whom had worked as prostitutes, from 1977 to 1993.
    Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 7 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • In other words, the insecure floozy stereotype has very little basis in reality.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Sonja is my favorite floozy and watching her mug around the house all wasted is one of my favorite things in the entire universe.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 29 June 2021
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“Jezebel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Jezebel. Accessed 6 Sep. 2025.

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