ABSP - Names: Pejorative (Female)

Names: Pejorative (Female)

adulteress adultress	a female ADULTERER.
airhead	an empty-headed, superficial person, usually female.
airheaded	like an AIRHEAD.
amazon	a tall, powerful, masculine woman.
amazonian	of masculine manners; warlike; (noun) an AMAZON > AMAZONIANS.
amorosa	a wanton woman; a courtesan.
anonyma	a showy woman of easy morals.
backbiter	one who engages in malicious gossip, normally female.
backfisch	a young girl, a flapper.
baggage	an immoral woman; a cheeky young woman.
bagswinger	a prostitute.
bawd	a procurer, now only a female one, a woman who obtains women for prostitution.
beldam beldame	an old woman, esp. an ugly one; a HAG.
besom bisom	a term of reproach esp for a woman, implying slatternliness, laziness, impudence, or unscrupulous energy.
biach biatch	a bitch.
biddy	a chicken or hen; an old woman, usu. somewhat derog.
bimbette	a particularly dim BIMBO.
bimbo	an attractive but dim young woman > BIMBOS or BIMBOES.
bint	a girl.
birdbrain	one of very limited intelligence, normally female.
blabbermouth	an indiscreetly talkative person, normally female.
blowse blowze	a ruddy, fat-faced young girl.
blowsed blowzed	blowsy, red-faced.
blowsy blousy blowzy	fat and ruddy; dishevelled.
blowze	see BLOWSE.
blowzed	see BLOWSED.
bluestocking	an early feminist; an educated or literary woman.
bobbysoxer	an adolescent girl.
bossyboots	a bossy person, normally female. N.B. no BOSSYBOOT*.
broad	(US slang) a woman, or sometimes a prostitute.
bubblehead	a flighty, frivolous woman.
budi	(Hinglish) derogatory for an old woman > BUDIS.
bulker	a street thief or prostitute.
callet	a drab untidy woman.
carrottop	a redheaded person, normally female.
celebutante	a young woman from a wealthy background who becomes a celebrity.
chapess chappess	a female chap.
chatterbox	a talkative person, normally female.
chavette	a female CHAV.
chippy	(US slang) an attractive or promiscuous young woman.
chorine	a chorus girl.
citess	a city woman.
closehead	the entrance to a close, or the GOSSIPS that congregate there.
cockteaser	a woman who deliberately provokes a man's sexual arousal, then refuses sexual intercourse.
cocotte	a prostitute; a flirt or tease.
concubine	a woman who cohabits with a man without being married; a kept mistress.
concupy	a concubine.
cotquean	a woman of humble birth; a man who does women's work.
courtesan courtezan	a prostitute, esp. one whose clients are wealthy or upper-class.
cratur craythur	(Irish) a creature, a woman.
crumpet	a woman viewed as a sexual object.
cummer	a woman, a girl.
cyprian	a lewd woman; a prostitute. [From Kypros (Cyprus), birthplace of Aphrodite (also called Cypris), the goddess of love and beauty].
deb debutante	a young woman making her first appearance in 'society'.
debby	a debutante; (adj.) like a deb > DEBBIER, DEBBIEST.
demimondaine	a DEMIREP, a woman of doubtful reputation or suspected character.
demimonde demiworld	a class of women on the fringes of respectable society, supported by wealthy lovers.
demirep	a woman of doubtful reputation or suspected character; an adventuress.
demirepdom	the state of being a DEMIREP.
demivierge	a woman who engages in promiscuous sexual activity but retains her virginity.
demiworld	see DEMIMONDE.
dollybird	an attractive young girl.
dominatrix	a prostitute catering for masochists > DOMINATRIXES or DOMINATRICES.
doris	a woman > DORISES.
dowd	a woman who wears dull-looking clothes.
dowdy	a dowdy woman > DOWDIES; (adj.) shabby > DOWDIER, DOWDIEST; DOWDILY.
doxie doxy	a woman of loose morals, a prostitute.
drab	a harlot; (verb) to whore > DRABS, DRABBING, DRABBED; (adj.) dull, monotonous > DRABBER, DRABBEST; DRABLY.
drac drack	of a woman, unattractive.
dratchell	a slovenly, lazy woman.
dutch	with each person paying for himself; (noun) a wife > DUTCHES.
dykon	a celebrity, often a woman, who is much admired by lesbians.
feminazi	a militant feminist.
fisgig fizgig	a giddy girl, a firework of damp powder.
fishwife	a scurrilously abusive woman > FISHWIVES, FISHWIFELY.
flapper	one who, or that which, flaps; (obs. sl.) a young girl nearing womanhood.
flibbertigibbet	a gossipy or flighty person, normally female; an imp.
floosie floosy floozie floozy flossie	a young woman of doubtful sexual morals; also, a wife's term for any youngish moderately attractive female colleague her husband happens to have.
franion	a loose woman.
frippet	a frivolous or flamboyant young woman.
frump	a dull, plain unfashionable girl; (verb) to snub > FRUMPS, FRUMPING, FRUMPED.
frumpish	somewhat like a FRUMP > FRUMPISHLY.
frumpy	like a frump > FRUMPIER, FRUMPIEST; FRUMPILY.
gabber	a loquacious person, normally female.
gabbiness	the state of being GABBY, loquacious.
gabby	loquacious > GABBIER, GABBIEST.
gadder	one who roves about idly, a rambling GOSSIP.
gal	a girl.
gammerstang	a tall, awkward person, usually a woman.
geebag	(Irish slang) a disagreeable woman.
giglet giglot	a giddy girl, a wanton.
gillet jillet	a skittish, flighty girl.
gillflirt jillflirt	a wanton girl.
gilpey gilpy	a boisterous girl.
glamourpuss	a glamorous person, esp. female.
gorgon	a very ugly or formidable woman.
gossip gossiper gossipper	one who gossips, usually female.
gossipmonger	one who spreads gossip.
grrl grrrl	as in riot grrl, a young woman who plays or enjoys an aggressively feminist style of punk rock music.
groupie groupy	a follower of a pop group, usually female.
hag	an ugly old woman.
haggish	like a hag; ugly; wrinkled > HAGGISHLY.
haggishness	the state of being HAGGISH > HAGGISHNESSES.
haglike	like a HAG.
harlot	a whore, a prostitute.
harridan	an ill-tempered scolding woman, a shrew.
hellcat	a spiteful or furious (esp. female) person.
hetaera	a prostitute, a concubine > HETAERAE or HETAERAS.
hetaeric	of or like a HETAERA, a paramour, a concubine.
hetaira	a prostitute, a concubine > HETAIRAI or HETAIRAS.
hetairic	like a HETAIRA, a paramour.
hilding hylding	a harlot.
hoiden hoyden	a woman of saucy, boisterous or carefree behavior; (verb) to act like a tomboy.
hoidenish hoydenish	like a HOIDEN.
hoochie	an immoral woman.
hooker	a prostitute.
hornbag	a promiscuous woman.
hoyden	see HOIDEN.
hoydenish	see HOIDENISH.
hussy huzzy	a woman of light or worthless character; a pert girl.
hylding	see HILDING.
jade	a perverse, ill-natured woman; (verb) to weary.
jailbait	a sexually attractive person who is below the age of legal consent .
jezebel	a wicked scheming woman.
jillet	see GILLET.
jillflirt	see GILLFLIRT.
kimmer	a woman, a girl.
kogal	in Japan, a teenage girl or young woman noted for her busy social life and her purchase of expensive designer clothes and accessories and the latest electronic gadgets.
kuti	(Hinglish) a female dog; a woman or girl regarded as unpleasant or contemptible.
ladette	a lively sociable young woman.
leaderene	a female leader, esp a domineering one (orig applied to Margaret Thatcher when UK Prime Minister).
libber	a female liberationist.
lorette	a courtesan.
loslyf	a promiscuous female.
magdalen magdalene	a reformed prostitute.
mauther mawr mawther	a big awkward girl.
midinette	a young female worker, esp a shop assistant, in the Paris fashion or millinery business (apparently much seen in cafés at lunchtime).
millie	a young working-class woman.
minx	a pert, sly, or flirtatious young woman; a hussy.
minxish	like a minx, pert.
miss	an unmarried woman; a schoolgirl, or a girl or woman with the faults attributed to schoolgirls.
missis missus	one's wife > MISSISES, MISSUSES.
missish	like a miss; prim; affected; sentimental.
missishness	the state of being MISSISH, like a miss.
missus	see MISSIS.
moll	a gangster's girlfriend.
moti	(Hinglish) a fat woman or girl.
nag nagger	one who nags, usually a woman.
nymphet nymphette	a sexually desirable pubescent girl.
nymphetic	of or like a NYMPHET.
nympho nymphomaniac	a woman suffering from morbid or uncontrollable sexual desire.
odalique odalisque odalisk	a female slave; a concubine in a harem
panderess	a female PANDER, a PROCURESS.
paphian	pertaining to illicit love: wanton; (noun) a prostitute.
peacherino	a girl > PEACHERINOS.
playgirl	a female playboy.
pollyanna	one who is naively optimistic.
pollyannaish pollyannish	tediously optimistic.
popette	a young female fan of pop music.
popstrel	a young, attractive female pop star.
poseuse	a female POSEUR.
poule	a promiscuous young woman.
precieuse	a woman affecting a fastidious over-refinement.
procuress	a female procurer, or pander.
pross prossie prostie	a prostitute.
pucelle pussel puzel puzzel	a slut.
punaani punaany punani	the female genitalia; women collectively, regarded as sexual objects.
quean queyn queynie quine quinie	(Scots) a young woman.
rattlebrain	a shallow, voluble, volatile person, usually female.
roundheel	an immoral woman.
rudas	a foul-mouthed old woman > RUDASES.
scold	a woman who nags, a shrew; (verb) to reprimand.
scrubber	an unattractive woman, or one with loose morals.
seductress	a woman who seduces.
sexpot	a sexually desirable woman.
sheila	a young girl or woman.
shippie	a prostitute who solicits at ports.
shopaholic	a compulsive shopper, usually female.
shrew	a bad-tempered, scolding woman.
sis siss	sister > SISES, SISSES.
slammerkin	a slovenly-dressed woman, a slattern.
slapper	a promiscuous woman.
slattern	a dirty, untidy person, usually female > SLATTERNLY.
sloven	a dirty, untidy person, usually female > SLOVENLY.
slut	a dirty, untidy woman; a promiscuous or otherwise disreputable woman.
sluttish	like a slut.
slutty	like a slut > SLUTTIER, SLUTTIEST.
spitfire	a hot-tempered person, usually female.
streetwalker	a prostitute.
strumpet	a prostitute; (verb) to act like a strumpet > STRUMPETS, STRUMPETING, STRUMPETED.
subdeb	a girl the year before she becomes a DEBUTANTE.
superwaif	an extremely thin and childlike young fashion model > SUPERWAIFS.
sweetiewife	a garrulous woman > SWEETIEWIVES.
tart	a prostitute.
tartiness	the state of being TARTY, like a tart.
tarty	like a TART > TARTIER, TARTIEST; TARTILY.
termagant	a shrewish, bullying woman > TERMAGANTS, TERMAGANTLY.
tomboy	a girl who prefers boyish activities.
tomboyish	like a tomboy > TOMBOYISHLY.
tramp	a disreputable woman.
trampy	of a woman, disreputable > TRAMPIER, TRAMPIEST.
trollop	a promiscuous woman > TROLLOPY; (verb) to act or dress like a trollop > TROLLOPS, TROLLOPING, TROLLOPED.
trollopy	like a TROLLOP. No comp.
trull	a HARLOT.
vamp	a woman who attracts men sexually, then seduces and exploits them; (verb) to seduce and/or exploit (a man) in this way.
vampish	like a vamp, sultry, seductive > VAMPISHLY.
vampy	like a VAMP > VAMPIER, VAMPIEST.
virago	a loud overbearing woman, a termagant > VIRAGOS or VIRAGOES.
viragoish	like a VIRAGO, a loud overbearing woman, a termagant.
wench	a girl, a prostitute; (verb) to frequent the company of prostitutes.
whore	a prostitute; any unchaste woman; (verb) to be or associate with whores.
whoredom	the state of being a WHORE.
whorish	like a whore > WHORISHLY.
whorishness	the behaviour of a WHORE.
widder	(coll.) a widow.
widgie	an Australian Teddy girl of the 1950s, the female equivalent of a BODGIE.
wimmin	women.
womyn	feminist jargon for women.
yankie	a SCOLD; an impudent woman.
yenta yente	(Yiddish) a gossipy woman, esp. one who pries.

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