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strumpet
[struhm-pit] 
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strumpet
[struhm-pit]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prostitute |
| Synonyms: | call girl, harlot, hooker, hussy, lady of the evening, slut, streetwalker, whore, woman of the street |
| Main Entry: | hooker |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prostitute |
| Synonyms: | bawd, call girl, concubine, courtesan, fallen woman, floozy, harlot, hustler, lady of the evening, moll, nymphomaniac, painted, pro*, streetwalker, strumpet, whore, woman of the streets, working girl |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hussy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | loose woman |
| Synonyms: | Jezebel, broad, floozy, jade, minx, slut, strumpet, tart*, tramp, trollop, vamp, wench, whore |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | Jezebel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prostitute |
| Synonyms: | broad, fallen woman, femme fatale, floozy, harlot, hooker, hussy, jade, loose woman, scarlet, slut, strumpet, tart, trollop, vamp, whore |
| Main Entry: | slander |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a scandalous remark |
| Synonyms: | asperse, assail, attack, backbite, bad-mouth, belie, belittle, besmirch, blacken name, blaspheme, blister, blot, calumniate, cast a slur on, curse, damage, decry, defame, defile, denigrate, depreciate, derogate, detract, dishonor, disparage, give a bad name, hit*, hurt, injure, libel, malign, muckrake, pan, plaster, revile, roast, run smear campaign, scandalize, scorch, slam*, sling mud, slur, smear, smirch, sneer, strumpet, sully, tarnish, tear down, traduce, vilify |
| Notes: | libel (from Latin libellus 'little book') must be published, while spoken defamatory remarks are slander; libel first meant 'document, written statement' slander is spoken defamation; libel is written or visual or broadcast defamation |
| Antonyms: | flatter, glorify, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | whore |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prostitute |
| Synonyms: | call girl, escort, fallen woman, harlot, hooker, hustler, lady of the evening, pro*, slut, streetwalker, strumpet, tramp, working girl |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | harridan |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nagger |
| Synonyms: | crone, hag, shrew, strumpet, virago, vixen, woman |
| Main Entry: | streetwalker |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prostitute |
| Synonyms: | harlot, hooker, hustler, strumpet, whore |
| Main Entry: | wench |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | loose woman |
| Synonyms: | bimbo, damsel, doxy, hussy, jezebel, lass, maiden, prostitute, servant, strumpet, tramp, wanton, whore |
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