hussy
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈhʌsi/
- Slur
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mujerzuela
- Everyone at the party called her a hussy for flirting with all the men.
- shameless hussy
- brazen hussy
- little hussy
Examples
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Who is this hussy?
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I'll throw her out, brazen hussy.
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Oh, you are such a hussy.
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I saw your face, you little hussy!
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Why would that hussy laugh?
Academic text (2011) -
When he went missing the night of his birthday party, I assumed he was off with some new hussy.
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From Housewife to Hussy: The Three Faces of Eve
Academic text (2014) -
A shameless hussy, a tramp who had an eye for men.
Fiction book (1997) -
Not another lady here this evening was half as bold, yes, and there were a few hussies in their number, if I'm not mistaken.
Fiction book (1990) -
At least an old woman in a dirty white skirt said reproachfully, "You're shameless hussies, I see."
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
478
9.3
An offensive word for a person who has sex for money
300
9.6
A woman who has many casual sexual partners and the word is offensive
30
9.9
A woman who sells sex for money
7
8.2
A woman who has sex with someone who is married to another person
2
8.5
A woman who has many sexual partners and is judged by others
2
9.9
A rude word for someone people think wants sexual attention
1
9.9
A woman who has sex with someone she is not married to
1
9.9
An old insulting word for a woman who is unfaithful
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Etymology
The word hussy comes from the old word housewife, made of house ('home') and wife ('woman'). Over time the short form hussy lost its original 'woman of the house' meaning and became a rude word for a woman thought to be bold or sexually improper.