Synonyms for tigress
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : tahy-gris |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtaɪ grɪs |
Top 10 synonyms for tigress Other synonyms for the word tigress
Définition of tigress
Origin :- 1610s, from tiger + -ess.
- As in shrew : noun mean lady
- Alleyne stared open-eyed at this tigress who had sprung so suddenly to his rescue.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- But his wife, in spite of our entreaties, rushed on, leaping like a tigress.
- Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant
- "You should say a tigress in a bag," replied, laughingly, the buccaneer.
- Extract from : « A Romance of the West Indies » by Eugne Sue
- As soon as this was arranged, the Tigress sailed away again.
- Extract from : « At Aboukir and Acre » by George Alfred Henty
- I shall therefore commission the Foudre, and re-name her the Tigress.
- Extract from : « At Aboukir and Acre » by George Alfred Henty
- And she started up and paced the room like a tigress in its cage.
- Extract from : « David Elginbrod » by George MacDonald
- Not e'en the tigress of the wild,Thus tears her fellow's brood.
- Extract from : « The Liberty Minstrel » by George W. Clark
- For all her soft daintiness, there was something of the tigress in Eileen Meredith.
- Extract from : « The Grell Mystery » by Frank Froest
- A day or two after this, the "Tigress" came in, bringing the mail.
- Extract from : « A Jolly Fellowship » by Frank R. Stockton
- When she saw Maud in Deborah's grip she flew at her sister like a tigress and dragged her off.
- Extract from : « The Opal Serpent » by Fergus Hume
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