jezebel

IPA: jɪzˈɛbʌɫ

Root Word: Jezebel

(biblical) The Phoenician princess and Queen of Ancient Israel who appears in the Old Testament (1 Kings & 2 Kings). She incited heresy and lured the Jews away from their God and back to idols.
(derogatory) A woman who is evil, scheming, shameless, or immoral.
Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Delias.
Alternative letter-case form of Jezebel [(biblical) The Phoenician princess and Queen of Ancient Israel who appears in the Old Testament (1 Kings & 2 Kings). She incited heresy and lured the Jews away from their God and back to idols.]

Examples of "jezebel" in Sentences

Can't wait for Parker Posey and Lauren Ambrose in "jezebel."
Hi, hope I don't come across as blunt here but I would dump your "jezebel" like a hot potato if it were me, brother!
He can be involved, apologize and still go to the grammy's but Janet is the "black whore", "jezebel", etc who is oversexed and must be stopped!
Yet this February, jezebel.com – which has tallied the model count at shows for several years – reported the whitest New York fashion week since 2008.
Of course the picture on the cover of the book just had to be that of a black woman. that's the only way we can truly recognize the severity of the "jezebel" issue
Dodai Stewart of jezebel.com, who has written about the lack of diversity among models, does not expect to see an Asian model on the cover of Vogue's all-powerful US edition any time soon.
I know that, as “flash fiction” has gotten more popular, there is a backlash, saying that the writing is annoyingly “clever;” recently a “6 Word Memoirs” compilation was published, and jezebel. com derided it.