lady-killer
- noun
- /ˈleɪdiˌkɪlər/
- NSFW
- I'm a lady-killer.
- a real lady-killer
Examples
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Oh, you lady-killer!
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A real lady-killer.
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I told Leo... that he was a lady-killer.
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"Trevor's going to be a lady killer, that's for sure.
Fiction book (1997) -
"Oh, Merritt, you're still the lady killer.
Fiction book (1993) -
He's a bit of a lady-killer, that's all.
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Smart, resourceful, and, according to my reports, he's quite a lady-killer.
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He's a real lady-killer.
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Isn't he a lady-killer?
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Everyone knows he's a lady-killer because women are always drawn to his charm.
Synonyms
A man who likes and attracts many women by flirting
A man who has many short romantic relationships with women
A man who is attractive and playfully charming and sometimes hard to trust
A person or thing that attracts many people who want to date
A man who is popular with women and looks for their attention
A man who has many romantic or sexual relationships with women
A man who keeps trying to start romantic or sexual relationships with women in a pushy way
A man who flirts to attract women and then leaves them
How Charming
- NSFW
- Informal
- NSFW
- Informal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Lady-killer joins lady and killer to make a strong image: a man who 'kills' women with his charm. Like a killer smile, killer here means 'very powerful or impressive', so a lady-killer is a man who is very attractive to women and often successful with them.