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Antonyms for flirt
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Wiktionary4.0 / 1 vote

  1. flirtverb

    Antonyms:
    belittle

    Synonyms:
    tease, coquet

  2. flirtverb

    A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion; hence, a jeer.

    Antonyms:
    belittle

    Synonyms:
    tease, coquet

  3. flirtverb

    One who flirts; especially a woman who acts with giddiness, or plays at courtship; a coquette; a pert girl.

    Antonyms:
    belittle

    Synonyms:
    coquet, tease

  4. flirtverb

    To dart about; to move with quick, jerky motions.

    Antonyms:
    belittle

    Synonyms:
    coquet, tease

  5. flirtverb

    To blurt out.

    Antonyms:
    belittle

    Synonyms:
    tease, coquet

  6. flirtverb

    To play at courtship; to talk with teasing affection, to insinuate sexual attraction in a playful (especially conversational) way.

    Synonyms:
    tease, coquet

    Antonyms:
    belittle

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. coquette, flirt, vamp, vamper, minx, tease, prickteasernoun

    a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men

    Synonyms:
    ribbing, vexer, prickteaser, tease, teasing, coquette, flirtation, annoyer, minx, coquetry, vamp, vamper, teaser, tantalization, flirting, toying, dalliance

  2. flirt, flirting, flirtation, coquetry, dalliance, toyingverb

    playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest

    Synonyms:
    vamper, toying, minx, flirting, tease, vamp, dalliance, flirtation, coquetry, prickteaser, trifling, coquette, dawdling

  3. chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mashverb

    talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions

    "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"

    Synonyms:
    crush, womanise, court, squelch, solicit, play, dally, coquette, coquet, butterfly, romance, comminute, dawdle, toy, woo, bray, womanize, grind, squeeze, philander, crunch, mash, chat up, squash, trifle

  4. dally, toy, play, flirtverb

    behave carelessly or indifferently

    "Play about with a young girl's affection"

    Synonyms:
    recreate, make for, bring, wager, play, dally, work, meet, take on, coquette, coquet, butterfly, romance, wreak, dawdle, toy, bet, roleplay, playact, run, fiddle, spiel, diddle, philander, act, represent, mash, chat up, encounter, trifle, act as

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words5.0 / 1 vote

  1. flirtnoun

    Synonyms:
    coquette, jilt, jill

  2. flirtverb

    Synonyms:
    coquet, philander

How to use flirt in a sentence?

  1. Bea Arthur:

    Bea came from a New York stage point of view, rue McClanahan always had what we call ‘ the fourth wall. ’ And Betty came from a television point of view. She would flirt with the audience, and pull up her skirt and say, ‘ Hi, sailor. ’ But Bea never acknowledged the audience.

  2. Margaret Oliphant Oliphant:

    To have a man who can flirt is next thing to indispensable to a leader of society.

  3. Xiao Yong:

    I think it's very magical, because the robot's facial expressions are very rich. When I greeted him, he responded. When I asked him to smile, he smiled. He can flirt and wink. It's magical. It's very well made.

  4. Shah Asad Rizvi:

    As desires dance with dreams, as intentions dance with glances, as shivers dance with breaths, so does every pulse dance when movements flirt with feet

  5. Anna Liss:

    I really thought the flirt wasn’t about having sex.

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