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termagant
[ tur-muh-guhnt ]
noun
- a violent, turbulent, or brawling woman.
Synonyms: , , ,
- (initial capital letter) a mythical deity popularly believed in the Middle Ages to be worshiped by the Muslims and introduced into the morality play as a violent, overbearing personage in long robes.
adjective
- violent; turbulent; brawling; shrewish.
termagant
/ ˈ³Ùɜ˳¾É™É¡É™²Ô³Ù /
noun
- a shrewish woman; scold
- ( as modifier )
a termagant woman
Derived Forms
- ˈ³Ù±ð°ù³¾²¹²µ²¹²Ô³Ù±ô²â, adverb
- ˈ³Ù±ð°ù³¾²¹²µ²¹²Ô³¦²â, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³Ù±ð°ùm²¹Â·²µ²¹²Ô³Ù·±ô²â adverb
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of termagant1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of termagant1
Example Sentences
James Flexner went so far as to call her a "termagant."
It was someone laying down the law — without worrying that a man would label her a virago or harridan or termagant.
Lorena wasn’t just any fury wronged by a man but a hot-blooded Latin termagant.
In contrast, Trump in the White House, judging from both Woodward and the Times op-ed, is the same arrogant, ignorant and cruel termagant who displayed all his ugly impulses daily on television in 2016.
Facebook Twitter Pinterest ‘A tough little termagant in a pantsuit’ … making a visit to Australia as US secretary of state in 2010.
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