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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Recent Examples of vixen
At a baseline, video vixens confirmed that Black women deserve all of the episodic things shown in the music videos.
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Raquel Reichard, refinery29.com, 24 Sep. 2024
Those three vixens see the event as a chance to launch their influencer careers; they’re pressured to succeed by Annabelle’s ambitious stage mom, Janette (Wilson), who operates a salon called Curl Up N Dye out of her garage.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 15 Sep. 2024
She’s dressed like an Old Hollywood vixen: wearing a sleek, tan trench coat paired with leather boots, oversized sunglasses and a headscarf.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2024
Red foxes are a common sight at the Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia—in 2016, one particularly personable vixen was even deemed the official mascot of the graveyard.
—Katy Kelleher, Outside Online, 27 June 2024
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Raquel Reichard, refinery29.com, 24 Sep. 2024
Those three vixens see the event as a chance to launch their influencer careers; they’re pressured to succeed by Annabelle’s ambitious stage mom, Janette (Wilson), who operates a salon called Curl Up N Dye out of her garage.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 15 Sep. 2024
She’s dressed like an Old Hollywood vixen: wearing a sleek, tan trench coat paired with leather boots, oversized sunglasses and a headscarf.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2024
Red foxes are a common sight at the Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia—in 2016, one particularly personable vixen was even deemed the official mascot of the graveyard.
—Katy Kelleher, Outside Online, 27 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vixen
shrew
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For the study, researchers looked at 1,376 vertebrate species known to eat some amount of carrion, ranging from tiger sharks and spotted hyenas to cane toads and common shrews.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 June 2025
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The music hall performer Belle Elmore was dismissed by the press as a vulgar shrew.—
Jennifer Wright,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2025
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“Vixen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vixen. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.
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