as in hussy
a boldly flirtatious or sexually promiscuous woman a blond actress who was usually typecast as the minx in melodramas

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Recent Examples of minx 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for minx
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
  • 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
Noun
  • But sure enough, the artist born Frederick John Philip Gibson enlisted Amy Taylor and company for his drum n’ bass-inflected latest single, harnessing the group’s energy and then exploding it with Gesaffelstein-like sirens and typically all-over-the-place vocal triggers.
    Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2025
  • At one point during Knox’s meeting with Mignini, Knox’s mother hears sirens from far away and begins to panic — thinking police are on their way to arrest Knox again.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025

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“Minx.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minx. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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