termagant
noun
1 termagant
A scolding nagging bad-tempered woman.
synonym: shrew.
Roget 901:
irascibility,
irascibleness,
temper;
crossness
etc.
adj.;
susceptibility,
procacity,
petulance,
irritability,
tartness,
acerbity,
protervity;
pugnacity
etc.
(contentiousness)
720.
excitability
etc.
825;
bad temper,
fiery temper,
crooked temper,
irritable
etc.
adj..
temper;
genus irritabile [Lat.],
hot blood.
ill humor
etc.
(sullenness)
901.1;
asperity
&c.;
churlishness
etc.
(discourtesy)
895.
huff
etc.
(resentment)
900;
a word and a blow.
Sir Fretful Plagiary;
brabbler†,
Tartar;
shrew,
vixen,
virago,
termagant,
dragon,
scold,
Xantippe;
porcupine;
spitfire;
fire eater
etc.
(blusterer)
887;
fury
etc.
(violent person)
173.
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Polish: flądra, zołza, franca, jędza, zgaga
Moby thesaurus: Jezebel, Mafioso, Xanthippe, Young Turk, amazon, battle-ax, beast, beldam, berserk, berserker, bitch, bitch-kitty, boisterous, bomber, brute, cat, common scold, demon, devil, disorderly, dragon, fiend, fire-eater, firebrand, fishwife, fury, goon, gorilla, grimalkin, gunsel, hag, hardnose, harpy, hell-raiser, hellcat, hellhag, hellhound, hellion, holy terror, hood, hoodlum, hothead, hotspur, incendiary, killer, limitable, mad dog, madcap, monster, mugger, ogress, rapist, raucous, revolutionary, rowdy, rowdyish, rumbustious, savage, scold, she-devil, she-wolf, shrew, siren, spitfire, terror, terrorist, tiger, tigress, tough, tough guy, tumultuous, ugly customer, unruly, violent, virago, vixen, wild beast, wildcat, witch, wolf ... show more.
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