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A vicious and scolding woman, especially an older one.
hag
shrew
virago
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hag
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shrew
virago
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hag
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1
When? he asked, dully remembering the drunken
hag
he had seen-agesago.
2
You should arrange for the
hag
to join the Freeing this year.
3
To this moment, he hadn't yet withdrawn any of the
hag
's
teeth.
4
The
hag
was standing in the kitchen door now, still grinning evilly.
5
The
hag
laid down the coins and moved laboriously to the, table.
1
Let them take that
shrew
of a wife, too! Baron Poll bellowed.
2
A sharp nose has been considered the visible mark of a
shrew
.
3
I've got some more crickets for the Etruscan
shrew
,
the Beefeater called.
4
You remember I did my master's thesis on rock
shrew
cell differentiation?
5
His wife, Kate, is called a
shrew
on account of her ill-temper.
1
Every one was still chatting of the episode of the young
virago
.
2
Lavinia despite her terror of the beautiful
virago
never lost her self-control.
3
But instantly the woman was transformed into a cursing and swearing
virago
.
4
Yet the old
virago
evidently spoke from a broad background of experience.
5
A moment later she burst like a beautiful
virago
into the courtyard.
1
All semblance of harshness, and
harridan
-
like
spike-tonguedness vanished when she said adieu.
2
Somehow he must get this
harridan
out of the way at once!
3
She had never seen anything really useful around that white-haired
harridan
.
4
He cursed her for a noisy
harridan
;
then he said fretfully:
5
It was like a goad to the painted, shiny-eyed
harridan
on the sofa.
6
She's the hatchet-faced
harridan
in a TV ad for a mobile phone service.
7
Clancy was a fine soldier before he married that
harridan
of a woman.
8
She is a grasping
harridan
,
who demands all and offers nothing.
9
On the surface she's a
harridan
,
but slivers of decency gradually show themselves.
10
She is not a
harridan
,
whatever that elegant word may mean.
11
I'll sell myself, borrow, pay back the money, rather than marry that
harridan
.
'
12
You come harping on me like a
harridan
and you expect roses and wine?
13
There was nothing whatever the matter with the old
harridan
.
14
The old
harridan
stared, and her speech suddenly became clear-cut:
15
Adrian stared at the old
harridan
's
departing back, then shrugged.
16
Better to drop it low, Barry White style, than risk sounding like a
harridan
.
harridan
old harridan
heartless harridan
accurse harridan
breathe harridan
cloak harridan