flirtatious
given or inclined to flirtation.
pertaining to or suggesting flirtation.
Origin of flirtatious
1- Also Informal, flirt·y [flur-tee] /ˈflɜr ti/ .
Other words from flirtatious
- 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
Words Nearby flirtatious
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How to use flirtatious in a sentence
We finish with a flirtatious rosé bubbly from Greece that wants to throw a party in your glass.
At just $12, this Rhône grenache will grab — and keep — your attention | Dave McIntyre | October 8, 2021 | Washington PostHis singing floats along on a flirtatious undercurrent—he has more invested in seducing than in convincing.
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A UCSD Professor Sent a Student Porn. Here’s Why it Took a Year to Fire Him. | Ethan Coston | February 17, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoShe revels in being a voyeur into Irene’s life, dazzled by the “exoticism” of Harlem’s vibrant aura while winning over Brian and Irene’s tight-knit circle of friends with her flirtatious demeanor and silky voice.
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As well as being less flirtatious, Capaldi is far less of a dandy.
Doctor Who’s ‘Deep Breath’: The 2,000-Year-Old Time Lord Grows Up | Nico Hines | August 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTExchanging a few flirtatious messages online, though, paves the way for a smooth first date.
Disabled Woman Tackles the Dating Site Trolls | Elizabeth Heideman | August 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter a series of flirtatious encounters in the park, the two fall madly, passionately in love.
Inside ‘Blue is the Warmest Color’ And The Year’s Most Controversial Sex Scene | Marlow Stern | October 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTQuick-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.
How Margaret Thatcher Transformed British Politics | Tunku Varadarajan | April 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen he returned her stare his eyes sparkled with friendly interest, but no suggestive, flirtatious intent.
The Man from Time | Frank Belknap LongInstead of rest he finds trouble in the person of his host's wife—young, pretty and flirtatious.
Glory of Youth | Temple BaileyThe Alimentive is the most affectionate in love and the Thoracic the most flirtatious, but the Muscular is the most positive.
How to Analyze People on Sight | Elsie Lincoln Benedict and Ralph Paine BenedictKnowing how many men had fallen victims to Roberta's flirtatious little ways, she longed to save Phil from the same fate.
Mary Ware in Texas | Annie F. JohnstonThe blasé blade passed the flirtatious jade by without deigning even to ruffle her steam-cloud hair.
Down the Yellowstone | Lewis R. Freeman
British Dictionary definitions for flirtatious
/ (flɜːˈteɪʃəs) /
given to flirtation
expressive of playful sexual invitation: a flirtatious glance
Derived forms of flirtatious
- flirtatiously, adverb
- flirtatiousness, noun
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