flirtatious

American  

[flur-tey-shuhs] / flɜrˈteɪ ʃəs /

Informal, flirty

adjective

1. given or inclined to flirtation.

2. pertaining to or suggesting flirtation.

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flirtatious British  

/ flɜːˈteɪʃəs /

adjective

1. given to flirtation

2. expressive of playful sexual invitation

   a flirtatious glance

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Other Word Forms

• flirtatiously adverb
• flirtatiousness noun
• nonflirtatious adjective
• nonflirtatiously adverb
• nonflirtatiousness noun
• unflirtatious adjective
• unflirtatiously adverb
• unflirtatiousness noun

Etymology

Origin of flirtatious

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

Example Sentences

Several high profile clients, including singer Chappell Roan, quit the firm this week after it emerged he flew on Epstein's private plane and exchanged flirtatious emails with Maxwell in 2003.

From BBC

Documents recently released by the Justice Department included flirtatious email exchanges from 2003 between the agency’s namesake leader and Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime associate of Epstein.

From The Wall Street Journal

Rabbit Angstrom and Frank Bascombe have a bit of the secret poet to them; their thoughts are wrapped in a flirtatious lyricism.

From The Wall Street Journal

Employing a stagy New York accent, and saddled with a distractingly unfortunate blond wig, Ms. McCann delivers a long, discursive monologue both boastful and aggressively flirtatious.

From The Wall Street Journal

To some, pie means flirtatious cherries, cinnamon-kissed apples or pleasantly puckering lemon awakening the taste buds.

From Salon

Related Words

• amorous