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Jezebel

Jezebel

2 9.9
A woman seen as shameless or immoral, often used as an insult
  • noun
  • /ˈdʒɛzəˌbɛl/
  • Offensive
translation icon : Jezabel
  • They're making me out to be some kind of jezebel.

I will sue those lying Jezebels into the ground, the consecrated ground in which our brave soldiers now lie said.

Examples

  • Cannon we ain't heard the last of these jezebels

  • And today is just what's on Gawker or Jezebel and overdone and kind of perverted in some ways.

  • They run before this jezebel of France like a foul air!

  • I will sue those lying Jezebels into the ground, the consecrated ground in which our brave soldiers now lie said.

  • Though why you persist in believing that red-haired jezebel, I'll never know.

  • She's a godless jezebel.

  • ♪ Yeah, I know I shouldn't be complaining ♪ But these jezebels do my brain in

  • I've exercised every ingenuity of which a man is capable to keep at bay the advances of this precocious jezebel.

  • He referred to her as a jezebel because of her manipulative behavior.

  • People called her a jezebel for her wicked schemes and lack of morals.

Synonyms

she-devil
vsJezebel
  • Offensive
4 8.8

A cruel woman who treats people very badly

focuses on cunning shameless scheming rather than sheer cruelty
villainess
vsJezebel
2 7.1

A woman who plays the bad person in a story

refers to a real insult about shameless wicked scheming rather than a fictional role
modern-day Jezebel
vsJezebel
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A woman people call immoral or who uses others to gain power

is broader and focuses on wicked scheming rather than sexual reputation
demoness
vsJezebel
  • Offensive
1 8.6

A woman who is very cruel to other people

emphasizes moral wickedness and scheming, not only violent cruelty

Compounds

modern-day Jezebel
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A woman people call immoral or who uses others to gain power

9.9

A woman who wears heavy makeup and dresses to attract sexual attention

Surface Forms

Jezebel singular
Jezebels plural

Etymology

Jezebel as a common noun comes from that Bible story: people began to use her name to call a woman 'shameless', 'wicked', or 'scheming'.