tigress

[tahy-gris]

noun

1. a female tiger.

2. a woman resembling a tiger, as in fierceness or courage.

tigress

/ ˈtaɪɡrɪs /

noun

1. a female tiger

2. a fierce, cruel, or wildly passionate woman

Word History and Origins

Origin of tigress¹

1605–15; earlier tigresse < French; tiger, -ess

Example Sentences

Indian wildlife photographer Sachin Rai still remembers tigress "Arrowhead" pouncing on a crocodile and tearing away its leathery flesh with her teeth.

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A wild boar unknowingly ventures too close to the tigress, unaware of the imminent danger.

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But Knight, Larraín, and Jolie are all careful to avoid reducing Callas to an over-the-top ableist stereotype or portraying her as the ruthless prima donna tigress the media painted her as.

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To maintain a constant supply of babies, tigresses were forced to churn out litter after litter.

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Mr Bhattacharyya's winning image, called The Finest Flower of the Mangroves, shows a young Royal Bengal tigress in its natural mangrove habitat, peering at the photographer.

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