Lothario
- noun
- /ləˈθɑːrioʊ/
- Offensive
- And I shall be perfectly incapable of stopping him because he's the Lothario of London.
- handsome Lothario
- young Lothario
- middle-aged Lothario
Examples
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It was hard to see him as a youthful Lothario, but these days all Sally could think about was a pair of straight-shooting blue eyes that were beginning to haunt her dreams.
Fiction book (1995) -
I expect some village lothario eloped with her.
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Oh, oh, cancer or no, I am going over there to give that lothario a what for.
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And who pray is this new Lothario?
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But she slaps his wrist, as if to protect her honor against this rude Lothario.
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Only instead of tilting her head up so that he could kiss her, the Lothario of London said commandingly, "Sit down."
Fiction book (2001) -
Julio Gleeson, the 'Latin lothario' of the game.
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You're such a Lothario.
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He's a lothario who forgets the names of women he's slept with.
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Still, when it comes to the ladies, this young lothario is invincible.
Synonyms
A man who has many short sexual relationships with different women
A person who tries to make others do wrong things
A man who has many romantic or sexual relationships with women
A man who pretends to love someone to trick and use them
A man who many women find very attractive and who often takes advantage of them
Antonyms
How Seductive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lothario comes from an English play by Nicholas Rowe where a man named Lothario seduced many women, and people remembered him as a bold lover. So, calling a man a Lothario means he is a 'charming seducer' who often behaves selfishly in love relationships.