Termagant synonyms

tûr'mə-gənt

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harridan
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quarrelsome
The definition of quarrelsome is someone who is prone to getting into arguments or fights.
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scolding
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shrew
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xanthippe
The wife of Socrates, traditionally described as shrewish and scolding.
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fishwife
(Geordie, pejorative) Term of abuse, usually directed at women, implying lack of personal hygiene.
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disorderly
Not orderly; untidy; unsystematic
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furious
Very great; intense
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hellcat
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raucous
Rough-sounding and harsh:
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tumultuous
Characterized by disorderly commotion:
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turbulent
Moving rapidly or violently:
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virago
Pertaining to a virago
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vixen
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fury
Violent anger; rage.
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harpy
A relentless, greedy, or grasping person
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scold
(Obsolete) A person fond of abusive language, in particular a troublesome and angry woman.
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battle-ax
Alternative spelling of battle-ax.
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praise (related)
(Archaic) A reason or basis for praise
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limitable
Able to be limited.
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Find another word for termagant. In this page you can discover 20 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for termagant, like: harridan, quarrelsome, scolding, shrew, xanthippe, fishwife, disorderly, furious, hellcat, raucous and tumultuous.
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Termagant Sentence Examples

  • But, from the start the pair were mutually antipathetic: she a termagant, he a bully.

  • In incidental allusions he lets us know that he had been engaged in trade, that his wife was a termagant, and that his children were ill brought up. Various views have been held as to the identity of the author.

  • The Sorcerer (1796) Trumpator (1782) hock should have Young Giantess (1790) Houghton Lass(1801) Sir Peter* (1784) plenty of bone, and Alexina (1788) Clinker (1805) Sir Peter* (1784) be strongly affixed Hyale (1797) to the leg, and Pewet (1786) Tandem (1773) Termagant show no signs of Eclipse (1764) Grecian Princess (x770) curb; the bones Highflyer (1774) below the hock Termagant Gohanna (1790) should be flat, and Catherine (1795) free from adhePaynator (1791) Sister to Zodiac sions; the liga - Sir Peter* (1784) Arethusa (1792) ments and tendons Pot-8-os (,773) well developed, and Prunella (1788) Whalebone* by Waxy* (1807) standing out from Gohanna mare Selim (1802) the bone; the joints Canary Bird (1806) well formed and Orville: (1799) Emily (r8,o) wide, yet without Harriett (1819) Pericles (1809) undue enlarge - Selim mare (1812) JWhalebone* (1807) Waxy* (1790) ment; the pasterns Penelope (1798) Gift(1818) Young Gohanna (,81o) (1808) and feet similar to (Sister to Grazier by Sir Peter* those of the fore: Winner of the St Leger.

  • Armstrong, Elizabeth Farnese, the Termagant of Spain (1892).

  • From the heroine who is, in a phrase of Dryden's, "one of the coolest and most insignificant" heroines ever drawn, to the undignified Valens, the termagant Marcelle, and the peevish Placide, there is hardly a good character.

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