mankiller
- noun
- /ˈmænˌkɪlər/
- Offensive
- Odysseus is every man gripped by an enigma, the Sphinx, who's alluringly beautiful but is a mankiller who grasps you in her claws.
Examples
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He couldn't take his eyes off her; she was the kind of mankiller that turned heads everywhere.
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But, like the marshal on the vanished Western frontier, he stared down strikers with "mankiller eyes"; his jaw ran "straight... as the barrel of a Colt's forty-five."
Academic text (1994) -
It was also a name for Amazons, like the Moon Maids of the Lion Shrine—mankillers who obeyed no laws but their own.
Fiction book (1996) -
Everyone at the party was mesmerized by her; she was truly a mankiller.
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Her confidence and beauty made her a mankiller in the dating scene.
Synonyms
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8.2
A woman who uses her beauty to attract men into danger
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4.8
A very attractive person, often a woman who gets attention
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6.5
A good-looking person, often a woman, who many people notice
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8.8
A mysterious, attractive woman who leads men into danger
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8.6
A very good-looking woman who attracts attention
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9.9
A woman who uses her charm to trick men into doing what she wants
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9.9
A woman who is very attractive and seems sexually exciting
Antonyms
How Attractive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Mankiller is formed from man and killer. A helpful way to remember the informal use for a very attractive woman is to think of her as 'killing' men's hearts, meaning she strongly attracts or overwhelms many men.