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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.

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