harridans

Meaning of harridans

plural noun
  1. a strict, bossy, or belligerent old woman.
    a bullying old harridan

late 17th century (originally slang): perhaps from French haridelle ‘old horse’.

Information about harridans

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of harridans is: harridan.
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Hyphenation of harridans

har-ri-dans

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
  • harridans is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

harridans synonyms

Meaning a bad-tempered or aggressively assertive woman:

shrew

Meaning a domineering, violent, or bad-tempered woman:

virago

Meaning a rapacious monster described as having a woman's head and body and a bird's wings and claws or depicted as a bird of prey with a woman's face:

harpy

Meaning a harsh-tempered or overbearing woman:

termagant

Meaning a spirited or fierce woman, especially one seen as sexually attractive:

vixen

Meaning a person who nags someone:

nag

Meaning a witch:

hag

Meaning an ugly old woman:

crone

Meaning a mythical monster like a giant reptile. In European tradition the dragon is typically fire-breathing and tends to symbolize chaos or evil, whereas in East Asia it is usually a beneficent symbol of fe:

dragon

Meaning a female ogre:

ogress

Meaning a coarse-mannered woman who is prone to shouting:

fishwife

Meaning a spiteful, violent woman:

hellcat

Meaning wild or violent anger:

fury

Meaning each of three sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, with snakes for hair, who had the power to turn anyone who looked at them to stone. Medusa was killed by Perseus:

gorgon

Meaning a person who demands complete obedience; a strict disciplinarian:

martinet

Meaning a hard calcified deposit that forms on the teeth and contributes to their decay:

tartar

Meaning a person with a fierce temper:

spitfire

Meaning a fully grown female animal of a domesticated breed of ox, kept to produce milk or beef:

cow

Meaning a female dog, wolf, fox, or otter:

bitch

Meaning a formidably aggressive older woman:

battleaxe

Meaning an ugly or unpleasant woman:

witch

Meaning archaic term for target (sense 2 of the noun):

targe

Meaning a person who nags or grumbles constantly (typically used of a woman):

scold

Words that rhyme with harridans

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