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deflower

/dɪˈflaʊə(ɹ)/US/diˈflaʊ.ɚ/

deflower verb: to take the virginity of (somebody), especially a woman or girl.

Verb

deflower (third-person singular simple present deflowers, present participle deflowering, simple past and past participle deflowered)

  1. (transitive) To take the virginity of (somebody), especially a woman or girl.
    • But when you deflower a girl, that's it. You did it. You were the one. No one else can ever do it.1995, Harmony Korine, Kids, spoken by Telly
    • I have to admit this outfit's doing it for me; I may or may not have been deflowered by a junior rodeo champion.2009, Community, spoken by Jeff Winger
  2. (transitive) To deprive of flowers.
  3. (transitive) To deprive of grace and beauty.

deflower meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu

deflower in Hindi

to take the virginity of a woman or girl
कौमार्य भंग करना kaumārya bhaṅg karnā, नथ उतारना nath utārnā, चीरा उतारना cīrā utārnā, तसर्रुफ़ tasarruf

deflower in Tamil

இளநலங் குலை, கன்னிமையழி, கற்பழி

deflower in Urdu

to take the virginity of a woman or girl
تَصَرُّف tasarruf

deflower in Telugu

to take the virginity of a woman or girl
కన్నెరికముతీయు kannerikamutīyu
More languagesFewer languages
deflower in Arabic
اِفْتَضَّ iftaḍḍa, تَصَرُّف taṣarruf
deflower in Persian
تَصَرُّف

Synonyms of deflower

Forms of deflower

third-person singular presentdeflowers
present participledeflowering
past participledeflowered
pastdeflowered

Origin of deflower

From Middle English deflouren, from Old French desflorer (modern French déflorer), from Late Latin deflōrāre. By surface analysis, de- + flower.

Words formed from deflower

Words that rhyme with deflower

4 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about deflower

What does deflower mean?
Deflower means to take the virginity of (somebody), especially a woman or girl.
What is deflower in Hindi?
Deflower in Hindi is कौमार्य भंग करना (kaumārya bhaṅg karnā), नथ उतारना (nath utārnā), चीरा उतारना (cīrā utārnā). See Deflower meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is deflower?
Deflower is a verb.
How do you pronounce deflower?
Deflower is pronounced /diˈflaʊ.ɚ/ (US).
What is the past tense of deflower?
The past tense of deflower is deflowered.

Words near deflower in the dictionary

  1. defloured
  2. deflourer
  3. deflourers
  4. deflouring
  5. deflours
  6. deflower
  7. deflower'd
  8. deflowered
  9. deflowerer
  10. deflowerers
  11. deflowereth

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: deflower (page history and authors); deflower (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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