About The Word Harridan

Bay Area Crosswords

Learn about the word Harridan to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Harridan definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

Harridan

Harridan Meaning & Definition
Harridan Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Harridan?

[n] a scolding (even vicious) old woman

Synonyms | Synonyms for Harridan:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Harridan: 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 | Jezebel | 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

See Also | common scold | nag | nagger | scold | scolder

Harridan In Webster's Dictionary

\Har"ri*dan\, n. [F. haridelle a worn-out horse, jade.] A worn-out strumpet; a vixenish woman; a hag. Such a weak, watery, wicked old harridan, substituted for the pretty creature I had been used to see. --De Quincey.

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

  • Follower ‐ an ordinary person who accepts the leadership of another [n]…
  • Qatari riyal ‐ the basic unit of…
  • Bos taurus ‐ domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age;…
  • Cortina ‐ a cobwebby partial veil consisting of…
  • Clianthus speciosus ‐ sprawling shrubby perennial noted for its scarlet black-marked…
  • Blowjob ‐ slang terms…
  • Rhodopsin ‐ a red photopigment in the retinal rods of vertebrates; dissociates…
  • Couch grass ‐ European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes; naturalized…
  • Divine guidance ‐ (theology) a special influence of a divinity on the minds of…
  • Genus athyrium ‐ temperate and tropical lady ferns; in some classifications placed…