flirtatious

as in flirty
feeling or showing a sexual attraction for someone that is usually not meant to be taken seriously feeling flirtatious a flirtatious smile a flirtatious mood

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Recent Examples of flirtatious Minnie could not understand why her daughter would be asking this secular and flirtatious man for an opinion on God’s work. Claire Hoffman, Rolling Stone, 20 Apr. 2025 All at once, these two are flirtatious, sentimental, and so, so strange. Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025 Mathison joined the All My Children cast in 1998 as Ryan Lavery, a former con man who quickly struck up a flirtatious friendship with Hayley (Ripa) — much to the ire of her then-boyfriend Mateo (Consuelos). EW.com, 14 Apr. 2025 On April 12, the full moon in Libra will touch down on your flirtatious fifth house of love, romance and passion, bringing clarity (and maybe even a little drama) to your love life. Valerie Mesa, People.com, 5 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for flirtatious
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flirtatious
coy
Adjective
  • Tim Lammers The maybe-sort of answer is the latest in the coy responses the creative collaborators have given for months.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
  • The Kremlin had been coy on whether the Russian president would attend the talks, with Putin’s press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, sidestepping reporters’ questions on the topic.
    Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 15 May 2025

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“Flirtatious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flirtatious. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.

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