About The Word Foxy
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Foxy
Foxy Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Foxy?
[adj] marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Foxy: artful | crafty | cunning | dodgy | guileful | knavish | slick | sly | tricksy | tricky | wily Related Terms | Find terms related to Foxy: acute | adust | alluring | arch | artful | astute | attractive | auburn | bay | bayard | bay-colored | besmirched | blackened | brazen | bronze | bronze-colored | bronzed | brownish-red | Byzantine | cagey | cagy | calculating | canine | canny | castaneous | chestnut | chestnut-brown | clever | copper | copper-colored | coppery | crafty | cunning | cupreous | cute | darkened | deceitful | deep | deep-laid | designing | devious | diplomatic | discolored | dishonest | disingenuous | doggy | feline | ferruginous | foxed | foxlike | guileful | henna | ingenious | inky | insidious | inventive | knowing | liver-brown | liver-colored | livid-brown | lupine | Machiavellian | Machiavellic | mahogany | murky | pawky | plotting | politic | ready | reddish-brown | resourceful | roan | rubiginous | rufous | russet | russety | rust | rust-colored | rusty | scheming | seductive | serpentine | sexy | sharp | shifty | shrewd | slick | slippery | sly | smirched | smoky | smooth | snaky | sneaky | soiled | sophistical | stained | stealthy | stigmatic | stigmatiferous | stigmatized | strategic | subtile | subtle | sunburned | supple | tactical | tainted | tarnished | terra-cotta | Titian | trickish | tricksy | tricky | vulpine | wary | wily | wise | wolfish See Also | Foxy In Webster's Dictionary \Fox"y\, a.
1. Like or pertaining to the fox; foxlike in disposition or
looks; wily.
Modred's narrow, foxy face. --Tennyson.
2. Having the color of a fox; of a yellowish or reddish brown
color; -- applied sometimes to paintings when they have
too much of this color.
3. Having the odor of a fox; rank; strong smeelling.
4. Sour; unpleasant in taste; -- said of wine, beer, etc.,
not properly fermented; -- also of grapes which have the
coarse flavor of the fox grape.
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