trollops

Women of ill-repute

Trollops is the plural of trollop, an old-fashioned and derogatory term for a woman considered sexually promiscuous or slovenly.

The word carries a Victorian flavor, suggesting moral disapproval: She called the actresses a bunch of trollops.

It appears more often in period fiction than contemporary speech.

archaic

slattern

Slovenly, untidy woman

  • floozieDisreputable woman, dated
  • jezebelShameless, scheming woman
  • hussyImmodest woman, disparagingly

wench · tart · tramp · doxy · baggage · quean · drab · jade · minx · loose woman

stigma

shame

Painful awareness of failure

slut-shaming · double standard · scarlet letter · reputation · labeling · moral judgment · condemnation · vilification · name-calling · character assassination

contempt

scorn

Hostile dismissive feeling

slight · disparagement · belittlement · deprecation · sneer · mockery · reproach · denigration · slur · epithet

promiscuity

libertine

One lacking moral restraint

liaison · infidelity · adultery · fornication · philandering · wantonness · licentiousness · unchastity · loose morals · bed-hopping

Opposites
moral character/virtue

trollopsvirgins

Sexually uninitiated people

maidens · prudes · vestal virgins · saints · innocents

social standing/respectability

trollopsladies

Women, respectfully addressed

gentlewomen · noblewomen · aristocrats · matrons · gentleladies

Family

trollop

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