Used in a Sentence

spinster

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for spinster.

Editorial note

Stating that you're a proponent of divorce without qualifiers sounds like something that a jaded spinster would say.

Examples18
Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(sometimes derogatory) A woman who has never been married, especially one past the typical marrying age according to social traditions.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of spinster gathered in one view.

noun

(sometimes derogatory) A woman who has never been married, especially one past the typical marrying age according to social traditions.

noun

(rare, dialectal) A spider; an insect (such as a silkworm) which spins thread.

noun

One who spins (puts a spin on) a political media story so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance; a spin doctor, spin merchant or spinmeister.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for spinster.

noun

(sometimes derogatory) A woman who has never been married, especially one past the typical marrying age according to social traditions.

noun

One who spins (puts a spin on) a political media story so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance; a spin doctor, spin merchant or spinmeister.

Example sentences

1

Stating that you're a proponent of divorce without qualifiers sounds like something that a jaded spinster would say.

2

He's 29 and can't get married because the job market sucks and now he's a 21st century spinster?

3

Some unfortunately successful, like the removal of the Spinster app from the Google Play Store and F-Droid.

4

The culture on Spinster and Ovarit - both of which Alex helped create - are probably a better indicator.

5

To me, you are nothing but a small minded Christian moralist--an old spinster who tours the Salons condemning biscuit-eaters for their impropriety.

6

Which itself was simply the preference of a spinster who wrote a grammar book.

7

In light of the stereotype of the spinster cat lady, I find this very difficult to believe.

8

There's a reason that 'spinster' became a synonym for 'old, unmarried woman'.

9

Being labelled a 'spinster' or a 'maiden aunt' was a stigma.

10

Telling that Jewess, feminist, and spinster were near matches as well.

11

When I consider old spinsters vs old married people well, it makes think I'd rather be a spinster if I can't find a decent guy.

12

Based on a cursory search of your example, it looks like a lot of folks felt that spinster.xyz wasn't worth voluntarily associating with, perhaps because there was a high proportions of jerks.

Quote examples

1

I guess the term "spinster" has been out of vogue for a bit, but still.

2

These days, people are holding out for better partners, instead of rushing into marriage with someone lousy just because they don't want the social stigma of being a "spinster" unmarried by 30.

3

Alex Gleason, Spinster and Neenster are part of a controversial group that detractors call "trans-exclusionary radical feminism." For better or for worse (the details of this controversy are not necessarily relevant), instances of that nature (and pretty much anything that runs on Soapbox) are defederated by a lot of Fediverse servers, and it seems that Meta for one reason or another has joined those servers.

Proper noun examples

1

My wife and I married in the British Virgin Islands in 2002, and she was also listed as Spinster.

2

A group of male administrators of other Fediverse instances took umbrage at the women-centered, feminist discussion there and between them defederated hundreds of servers away from Spinster.

3

Soapbox has a very weird history of first being forked from Gab for a feminist platform called Spinster(.xyz), then it got acqui-hired by Truth Social, then many of them left Truth Social to be independent.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use spinster in a sentence?

Stating that you're a proponent of divorce without qualifiers sounds like something that a jaded spinster would say.

What does spinster mean?

(sometimes derogatory) A woman who has never been married, especially one past the typical marrying age according to social traditions.

What part of speech is spinster?

spinster is commonly used as noun.