harridan

Example Sentences

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Still, for a generation brought up to smile in the face of almost any affront or risk being tarred as a harridan, older women’s indignation seems ripe for reassessment.

From New York Times • Jul. 30, 2019

The worst bits of Bob Honey are those involving the character’s ex-wife, a harridan called Helen, about whom he is so vicious, I had wondered whether Penn’s own ex-wife might have commented on it.

From The Guardian • May 5, 2018

And there’s no denying the subversive frisson inspired by watching actresses go full harridan, especially when it comes to traditional ideas about female agency and the approving male gaze.

From Washington Post • Mar. 15, 2018

Even now our image of Crawford is shaped by Faye Dunaway’s shrieking harridan in “Mommie Dearest” as opposed to Crawford’s Academy Award-winning work in “Mildred Pierce.”

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2017

The harridan screwed her eyes to slits and looked the lady in the red kirtle up and down.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman