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Termagant

🔄 Synonyms of "Termagant"

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Word	Definition
shrewnoun	(derogatory) An ill-tempered, nagging woman: a scold.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Termagant"

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Word	Definition
shrewnoun	(derogatory) An ill-tempered, nagging woman: a scold.
hagsnoun	Acronym of hide and go seek. [(US) hide and seek]
termigantnoun	Alternative spelling of termagant. [(archaic) A brawling, boisterous, and turbulent person or thing.]
scoldverb	(ambitransitive) To rebuke angrily.
harridannoun	A vicious and scolding woman, especially an older one.
catamarannoun	A twin-hulled ship or boat.
tauntressnoun	(rare) A woman who taunts; a female taunter.
madamnoun	A polite form of address for a woman or lady.
viragonoun	A woman who is scolding, domineering, or highly opinionated.
old bagnoun	(British, derogatory) A nasty, troublesome old woman.
harpynoun	(mythology) A mythological creature generally depicted as a bird-of-prey with the head of a maiden, a face pale with hunger and long claws on her hands personifying the destructive power of storm winds.
vixennoun	A female fox.
branglernoun	(archaic) A quarrelsome person, or a bickerer.
tabbynoun	(countable) A brindled cat.
barreternoun	A contentious person, quarreler, or fighter.
xanthippenoun	(literary, derogatory, dated) An ill-tempered woman.
brachnoun	(chiefly hunting) Originally, a synonym of scent hound (“a hunting dog that tracks prey using its sense of smell rather than by its vision”); later, any female hound; a bitch hound.
questmongernoun	(archaic, derogatory) One who encourages petty lawsuits.
barratornoun	One who is guilty of barratry, vexing others with frequent and often groundless lawsuits; a brangler and pettifogger.
cagmagnoun	(UK, dialect, by extension, uncountable) Coarse, bad food of any kind.