Harridan

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A woman regarded as scolding and vicious.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A vicious and scolding woman, especially an older one.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A worn-out strumpet; a vixenish woman; a hag.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An odious old woman; a hag; a vixenish woman.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a scolding (even vicious) old woman
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    scolder    nagger    common scold    nag    scold   
    Cross Reference
    harpy   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    hag    shrew    l    en    virago   
    Same Context
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