noun
- plural of hussy; a woman or girl regarded as impudent, immoral, or of loose character (often used as a term of disapproval or insult)
Usage: informal; derogatory; dated or old-fashioned in modern usage
Examples
- The old woman called the young hussies troublemakers for staying out late.
- In Victorian novels, hussies were often portrayed as women who defied social conventions.
- He muttered about those hussies who dared to speak their minds.
- The gossips in town whispered about the hussies at the tavern.
- She was labeled a hussy by the conservative townspeople, though her only crime was independence.