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View synonyms for flirtatious

flirtatious

[ flur-tey-shuhs ]

adjective

  1. given or inclined to flirtation.
  2. pertaining to or suggesting flirtation.


flirtatious

/ flɜːˈteɪʃəs /

adjective

  1. given to flirtation
  2. expressive of playful sexual invitation

    a flirtatious glance



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Derived Forms

  • flirˈtatiousness, noun
  • flirˈtatiously, adverb

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Other Words From

  • flir·ta·tious·ly adverb
  • flir·ta·tious·ness noun
  • non·flir·ta·tious adjective
  • non·flir·ta·tious·ly adverb
  • non·flir·ta·tious·ness noun
  • un·flir·ta·tious adjective
  • un·flir·ta·tious·ly adverb
  • un·flir·ta·tious·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of flirtatious1

First recorded in 1825–35; flirtat(ion) + -ious

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Example Sentences

As well as being less flirtatious, Capaldi is far less of a dandy.

Exchanging a few flirtatious messages online, though, paves the way for a smooth first date.

After a series of flirtatious encounters in the park, the two fall madly, passionately in love.

Quick-witted, sharp-tongued, and flirtatious, Anne drew a coterie of men to her, and each would lose his head for her.

Margaret Thatcher was a woman: a confounding, irrepressible, flirtatious, stubborn, certitudinous, unabashedly conservative woman.

When he returned her stare his eyes sparkled with friendly interest, but no suggestive, flirtatious intent.

Instead of rest he finds trouble in the person of his host's wife—young, pretty and flirtatious.

The Alimentive is the most affectionate in love and the Thoracic the most flirtatious, but the Muscular is the most positive.

Knowing how many men had fallen victims to Roberta's flirtatious little ways, she longed to save Phil from the same fate.

The blasé blade passed the flirtatious jade by without deigning even to ruffle her steam-cloud hair.

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