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Meanings of harridan in English

A vicious and scolding woman, especially an older one.

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Examples for "hag"
Examples for "hag"
1
When? he asked, dully remembering the drunken hag he had seen-agesago.
Laughter in the dark
2
You should arrange for the hag to join the Freeing this year.
The black prism
3
To this moment, he hadn't yet withdrawn any of the hag's teeth.
Servant of a dark god
4
The hag was standing in the kitchen door now, still grinning evilly.
Truxton King: A Story of Graustark
5
The hag laid down the coins and moved laboriously to the, table.
The Perils of Pauline
1
Let them take that shrew of a wife, too! Baron Poll bellowed.
Brotherhood of the Wolf
2
A sharp nose has been considered the visible mark of a shrew.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 13,...
3
I've got some more crickets for the Etruscan shrew, the Beefeater called.
The tower, the zoo and the tortoise
4
You remember I did my master's thesis on rock shrew cell differentiation?
Anvil Gate
5
His wife, Kate, is called a shrew on account of her ill-temper.
Elson Grammar School Literature, book 4
1
Every one was still chatting of the episode of the young virago.
Gordon Keith
2
Lavinia despite her terror of the beautiful virago never lost her self-control.
Madame Flirt / A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera'
3
But instantly the woman was transformed into a cursing and swearing virago.
The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnic...
4
Yet the old virago evidently spoke from a broad background of experience.
Birthright: A Novel
5
A moment later she burst like a beautiful virago into the courtyard.
The Trampling of the Lilies
Usage of harridan in English
1
All semblance of harshness, and harridan-like spike-tonguedness vanished when she said adieu.
The Case of General Ople and Lady Camper
2
Somehow he must get this harridan out of the way at once!
The History of David Grieve
3
She had never seen anything really useful around that white-haired harridan.
Wheel of Time [08]: The Path of Daggers
4
He cursed her for a noisy harridan; then he said fretfully:
The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel
5
It was like a goad to the painted, shiny-eyed harridan on the sofa.
Under Western Eyes
6
She's the hatchet-faced harridan in a TV ad for a mobile phone service.
The Irish Times
7
Clancy was a fine soldier before he married that harridan of a woman.
The Deserter
8
She is a grasping harridan, who demands all and offers nothing.
The Great Amulet
9
On the surface she's a harridan, but slivers of decency gradually show themselves.
The Irish Times
10
She is not a harridan, whatever that elegant word may mean.
London Pride, Or, When the World Was Younger
11
I'll sell myself, borrow, pay back the money, rather than marry that harridan.'
Selected Polish Tales
12
You come harping on me like a harridan and you expect roses and wine?
The black prism
13
There was nothing whatever the matter with the old harridan.
Melody : The Story of a Child
14
The old harridan stared, and her speech suddenly became clear-cut:
Birthright: A Novel
15
Adrian stared at the old harridan's departing back, then shrugged.
Secrets of a Perfect Night
16
Better to drop it low, Barry White style, than risk sounding like a harridan.
Radio NZ
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