trollop

Woman of disrepute

A trollop is a promiscuous woman or prostitute—a term of contempt for female sexuality.

The word is old-fashioned and appears mostly in period fiction or deliberate archaism: She was dismissed as a common trollop.

Trollop can also mean a slovenly, untidy woman, though this sense is rarer.

promiscuity

harlot

Promiscuous woman for pay

  • strumpetPromiscuous woman, archaic
  • hussyImmodest woman, disparagingly
  • floozyDated slang for trollop

tart · wench · tramp · slut · jezebel · loose woman · scarlet woman · fallen woman · courtesan · doxy

archaic

old-fashioned

Belonging to earlier times

Victorian · historical · bygone · quaint · obsolescent · anachronistic · Dickensian · 19th-century · literary · archaic

insult

slur

Insulting group label

disparagement · name-calling · slander · defamation · denigration · put-down · invective · vilification · character assassination · mudslinging

Categories
Opposites
sexual morality/reputation

trollopprude

Excessively modest person

virgin · puritan · celibate · ice queen · nun

respectability/social standing

trolloplady

Courteous term for woman

gentlewoman · proper lady · noblewoman · matron · saint

Phrases
Family

troll, trollops

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG-13