Harridan

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Harridan \Har"ri*dan\ (h[a^]r"r[i^]*dan), n. [F. haridelle a
     worn-out horse, jade.]
     A worn-out strumpet; a vixenish woman; a hag.
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           Such a weak, watery, wicked old harridan, substituted


           for the pretty creature I had been used to see. --De
                                                    Quincey.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  harridan
       n : a scolding (even vicious) old woman

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  50 Moby Thesaurus words for "harridan":
     Jezebel, baboon, bad woman, bag, baggage, bitch, blemish, blot,
     broad, chippy, clitoromaniac, cocotte, dog, drab, easy lay,
     easy woman, eyesore, floozy, frail sister, fright, gargoyle,
     grisette, hag, hussy, hysteromaniac, jade, loose woman, mess,
     monster, monstrosity, no beauty, nymphet, nympho, nymphomaniac,
     pickup, quean, scarecrow, sight, slut, strumpet, tart, teratism,
     trollop, trull, ugly duckling, uteromaniac, wanton, wench, whore,
     witch