A scolding nagging bad-tempered woman.
1 And now this-thisAntiguan termagant has denied me even that basic right.'
2 For once the termagant found herself baffled, and at her wits' end.
3 This bride was a canting hypocrite of sixty-three, covetous, and a termagant .
4 And then she is such a ferocious old termagant , - such an old vulturess.
5 Dangerous, unscrupulous and cruel, I thought; a man-woman, a shrew, a termagant !
6 At this period Sophia had certainly developed into a termagant - without knowing it!
7 To tell me when I'm being a fool, and a termagant besides?
8 Meanwhile I'll try to keep the flying termagant entertained so Auntie can sleep.
9 And the woman was a termagant - at least so I've been told.
10 This termagant humor is said to prevail only at half tides.
11 What can she turn out, brought up under such a termagant ?
12 I refused to speak; the senator's termagant daughter taunted me.
13 He was taking wise precautions in view of past experiences with his termagant relative.
14 Even the termagant wife is turned into a domestic angel.
15 Hold on like grim death, and we can laugh at the old termagant now.
16 Mr Milksan, being of a timorous disposition, truckled to the insolence of a termagant .
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