Foxy
adjective
Being attractive and sexy.
She looked foxy in her new dress.
Often appears as...
- look foxy
- foxy lady
Usage tips
Informal
adjective
Relating to or resembling a fox.
He had a slight, foxy face with sharp features.
Often appears as...
- foxy face
- foxy features
Usage tips
Literary
adjective
Being crafty or cunning.
He was a foxy politician, always finding loopholes in laws.
Often appears as...
- foxy tactics
- foxy strategy
adjective
Being attractive and sexy.
She looked foxy in her new dress.
Often appears as...
- look foxy
- foxy lady
Usage tips
Informal
adjective
Relating to or resembling a fox.
He had a slight, foxy face with sharp features.
Often appears as...
- foxy face
- foxy features
Usage tips
Literary
adjective
Being crafty or cunning.
He was a foxy politician, always finding loopholes in laws.
Often appears as...
- foxy tactics
- foxy strategy
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Context Matters
Use 'foxy' when describing someone's appearance, to imply a seductive quality.
Her foxy smile caught everyone's attention.
Pro Tip 2/3Slightly Informal
'Foxy' is casual and might not be suitable for formal or professional settings.
I wouldn't call my boss 'foxy' — it's too informal.
Pro Tip 3/3Gender Usage
Traditionally, 'foxy' is more commonly used to describe women, but it can be used for men.
The actor was known as a foxy man in his youth.
Pro Tip 1/3Context Matters
Use 'foxy' when describing someone's appearance, to imply a seductive quality.
Her foxy smile caught everyone's attention.
Pro Tip 2/3Slightly Informal
'Foxy' is casual and might not be suitable for formal or professional settings.
I wouldn't call my boss 'foxy' — it's too informal.
Pro Tip 3/3Gender Usage
Traditionally, 'foxy' is more commonly used to describe women, but it can be used for men.
The actor was known as a foxy man in his youth.
Pro Tip 1/3Context Matters
Use 'foxy' when describing someone's appearance, to imply a seductive quality.
Her foxy smile caught everyone's attention.
Pro Tip 2/3Slightly Informal
'Foxy' is casual and might not be suitable for formal or professional settings.
I wouldn't call my boss 'foxy' — it's too informal.
Pro Tip 3/3Gender Usage
Traditionally, 'foxy' is more commonly used to describe women, but it can be used for men.
The actor was known as a foxy man in his youth.
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Meet the World's Biggest...
they defend their turf but they rarely break skin mostly it's just a lot of noisy posturing posturing aside this big black flying creature is nothing more than a fuzzy foxy looking vegetarian
Video examples
Meet the World's Biggest...
they defend their turf but they rarely break skin mostly it's just a lot of noisy posturing posturing aside this big black flying creature is nothing more than a fuzzy foxy looking vegetarian
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Quote examples
Giles Deacon
British Designer
My designs are slightly subversive in their way; it can be in the cut or the colour, but they're always obtainable: they're not so difficult that a 40-year-old woman wanting to go to a cocktail party looking foxy and a little bit different in something well-made would be alienated by them.
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Sophie Dahl
English Model
At 18 I wanted to study art history in Florence. I think I just fancied myself as Sophia Loren, wearing a foxy dress and walking through a market with a basket bursting full of figs.
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Paula Pell
American Writer
My sister is three years older and super foxy, and I always looked like a 50 year old woman.
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Babyface
American Musician
There's artists that I'm working with on a new label of mine. Foxy Nova and Supa Nova.
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Giles Deacon
British Designer
My designs are slightly subversive in their way; it can be in the cut or the colour, but they're always obtainable: they're not so difficult that a 40-year-old woman wanting to go to a cocktail party looking foxy and a little bit different in something well-made would be alienated by them.
Quote examples
Sophie Dahl
English Model
At 18 I wanted to study art history in Florence. I think I just fancied myself as Sophia Loren, wearing a foxy dress and walking through a market with a basket bursting full of figs.
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Paula Pell
American Writer
My sister is three years older and super foxy, and I always looked like a 50 year old woman.
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Babyface
American Musician
There's artists that I'm working with on a new label of mine. Foxy Nova and Supa Nova.
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