scarlet woman
Woman of ill repute
A scarlet woman is a sexually promiscuous woman, or one known for adultery.
The term comes from the Book of Revelation's "whore of Babylon," described as dressed in scarlet.
The phrase is old-fashioned and literary, carrying moral condemnation: The town regarded her as a scarlet woman after the affair became public.
Illicit female lover
- harlotPromiscuous woman for pay
- jezebelShameless, scheming woman
- homewreckerOne blamed for infidelity
- paramourLover in secret affair
courtesan · seductress · temptress · strumpet · trollop · floozy · hussy · concubine
Biblical embodiment of depravity
- RevelationProphetic biblical finale
- harlotPromiscuous woman for pay
- beastLarge wild animal
- apocalypticPertaining to ultimate devastation
sinful · Mary Magdalene · repentance · sin · judgment · damnation · morality · puritan
Treacherous enchantress
- enchantressWoman who uses sorcery
- sirenWailing alert device
- temptressWoman who entices
- vixenFemale of Reynard's kind
coquette · alluring · bewitching · captivating · enticing · irresistible · seductive · magnetic
Deep purplish-red shade
- rubyPrecious red gemstone
- vermilionVivid red-orange pigment
- carmineDeep red from insects
- cardinalOf foremost importance
cherry · red · blazing · fiery · bold · lurid · Hester Prynne · Hawthorne
Shunned, rejected person
- pariahRejected, shunned person
- shunnedPersistently avoided socially
- ostracizedExcluded from a group
- disgracedBrought into shame
fallen · shamed · scorned · dishonored · tarnished · defamed · vilified · repudiated
mistress
Illicit female lover
- harlotPromiscuous woman for pay
- jezebelShameless, scheming woman
- homewreckerOne blamed for infidelity
paramour · courtesan · seductress · temptress · strumpet · trollop · floozy · hussy · concubine · cocotte
Whore of Babylon
Biblical embodiment of depravity
- RevelationProphetic biblical finale
- harlotPromiscuous woman for pay
- beastLarge wild animal
apocalyptic · sinful · Mary Magdalene · repentance · sin · judgment · damnation · morality · puritan · purity
femme fatale
Treacherous enchantress
- enchantressWoman who uses sorcery
- sirenWailing alert device
- temptressWoman who entices
vixen · coquette · alluring · bewitching · captivating · enticing · irresistible · seductive · magnetic · mesmerizing
crimson
Deep purplish-red shade
cardinal · cherry · red · blazing · fiery · bold · lurid · Hester Prynne · Hawthorne · branded
outcast
Shunned, rejected person
- pariahRejected, shunned person
- shunnedPersistently avoided socially
- ostracizedExcluded from a group
disgraced · fallen · shamed · scorned · dishonored · tarnished · defamed · vilified · repudiated · blacklisted
- apocalypseapocalypse, Armageddon, end times, rapture, tribulation
- Bible visionswheels within wheels, valley of dry bones, valley of bones, dry bones, burning bush
- femme fatalesfemme fatale, seductress, temptress, vixen, enchantress
- Biblical creaturesLeviathan, serpent, lamb, donkey, demon
scarlet womanvirgin
One sexually inexperienced
proper lady · maiden · innocent · prude · lady
scarlet womanVirgin Mary
Mother of Christ
Madonna · saint · bride of Christ · angel · nun
woman, women, womanly, scarlet, womanhood, womanizer, womankind, womanize, womanish