Definitions for tigress

tigress ti·gress

Spelling: [tahy-gris]
IPA: /ˈtaɪ grɪs/

Tigress is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 163 anagrams from letters in tigress (egirsst).

Definitions for tigress

noun

  1. a female tiger.
  2. a woman resembling a tiger, as in fierceness or courage.

Origin of tigress

1605-15; earlier tigresse French; see tiger, -ess

Examples for tigress

And she started up and paced the room like a tigress in its cage.

For all her soft daintiness, there was something of the tigress in Eileen Meredith.

"You should say a tigress in a bag," replied, laughingly, the buccaneer.

Not e'en the tigress of the wild,Thus tears her fellow's brood.

When she saw Maud in Deborah's grip she flew at her sister like a tigress and dragged her off.

Alleyne stared open-eyed at this tigress who had sprung so suddenly to his rescue.

A day or two after this, the "tigress" came in, bringing the mail.

As soon as this was arranged, the tigress sailed away again.

But his wife, in spite of our entreaties, rushed on, leaping like a tigress.

I shall therefore commission the Foudre, and re-name her the tigress.

Word Value for tigress
Scrable

8

Words with friends

9

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