Why is that tattling old harridan, Peggy O'Dowd, to make free with my name at her d—d supper-table, and advertise my engagement over the three kingdoms?
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Harridan
//ˈhæɹ.ɪ.dən//
Synonyms for "harridan" (78 found)
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Closest matches (16)
Strong matches (23)
Related words (39)
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Translations
44 translations across 15 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- ջադու noun (vicious and scolding woman)
- վհուկ noun (vicious and scolding woman)
Bulgarian
2 entries- вещица noun (vicious and scolding woman)
- зла старица noun (vicious and scolding woman)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 老太婆 noun (vicious and scolding woman)
- 老潑婦 /老泼妇 noun (vicious and scolding woman)
Dutch
3 entries- harpij noun (vicious and scolding woman)
- helleveeg noun (vicious and scolding woman)
- viswijf noun (vicious and scolding woman)
Finnish
1 entries- äkäpussi noun (vicious and scolding woman)
French
4 entries- casse-couilles noun (vicious and scolding woman)
- dragon noun (vicious and scolding woman)
- haridelle noun (vicious and scolding woman)
- harpie noun (vicious and scolding woman)
German
4 entries- Drache (alter Drachen m) noun (vicious and scolding woman)
- Hexe noun (vicious and scolding woman)
- Vettel noun (vicious and scolding woman)
- Xanthippe noun (vicious and scolding woman)
Hungarian
1 entries- banya noun (vicious and scolding woman)
Italian
1 entries- arpìa noun (vicious and scolding woman)
Japanese
3 entries- 悪婆 noun (vicious and scolding woman)
- 鬼女 noun (vicious and scolding woman)
- 鬼婆 noun (vicious and scolding woman)
Macedonian
1 entries- ве́штерка noun (vicious and scolding woman)
Polish
3 entries- jędza noun (vicious and scolding woman)
- sekutnica noun (vicious and scolding woman)
- wiedźma noun (vicious and scolding woman)
Russian
4 entries- ве́дьма noun (vicious and scolding woman)
- гры́мза noun (vicious and scolding woman)
- карга́ noun (vicious and scolding woman)
- меге́ра noun (vicious and scolding woman)
Spanish
2 entries- arpía noun (vicious and scolding woman)
- vieja gruñona noun (vicious and scolding woman)
Swedish
4 entries- argbigga noun (vicious and scolding woman)
- huskors noun (vicious and scolding woman)
- morrhoppa noun (vicious and scolding woman)
- ragata noun (vicious and scolding woman)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Well there was one old lady, and a drunken old harridan she was surely, that paid all her attention to me.
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