as in shrew
a bad-tempered scolding woman
why anyone puts up with that vixen's sharp tongue is beyond me
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One sis happens to be annoyingly sweet and clueless, the other a wild vixen with an out-of-control libido.
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Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 8 May 2024
There are smooth-talking Nazi officers whose charm masks their menace and a bombshell vixen expected to outsmart — and potentially seduce — the worst of them, the sadistic yet cunning Heinrich Luhr (Teuton action star Til Schweiger).
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 16 Apr. 2024
Think wholesome Sandra Dee in Grease transforming into a leather-wearing vixen.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 13 Apr. 2024
Spears’ career, however, still thrived and her decision to lean more into the vixen image she was forced into was a smart move.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 8 Feb. 2024
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Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 8 May 2024
There are smooth-talking Nazi officers whose charm masks their menace and a bombshell vixen expected to outsmart — and potentially seduce — the worst of them, the sadistic yet cunning Heinrich Luhr (Teuton action star Til Schweiger).
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 16 Apr. 2024
Think wholesome Sandra Dee in Grease transforming into a leather-wearing vixen.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 13 Apr. 2024
Spears’ career, however, still thrived and her decision to lean more into the vixen image she was forced into was a smart move.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 8 Feb. 2024
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“Vixen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vixen. Accessed 12 Oct. 2024.
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