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.
[1913 Webster]
Such a weak, watery, wicked old harridan, substituted
for the pretty creature I had been used to see. --De
Quincey.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
harridan
n : a scolding (even vicious) old woman
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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