HARRIDAN

harridan

(noun) a scolding (even vicious) old woman

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

harridan (plural harridans)

A vicious and scolding woman, especially an older one.

Synonym: Thesaurus:shrew

Source: Wiktionary


Har"ri*dan, n. Etym: [F. haridelle a worn-out horse, jade.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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THOUGHTLESS

(adjective) without care or thought for others; “the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; ‘Let them eat cake’”


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