termagant
Example Sentences
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As an astringent, tipsy termagant, she’s so hilarious, appalling and endearing that she could carry the production all by herself.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2015
I appreciate this one because we so rarely hear what the groom ends up thinking when he watches his betrothed turn into a termagant.
From Slate • Feb. 27, 2012
Her eldest son, Alec, returns home with his termagant wife when their house collapses.
From The Guardian • Oct. 26, 2010
The outsized termagant is voiced here, as she was in the rather dull 2002 Broadway revival of the musical, by Judi Dench, in full, booming form.
From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2010
Poor, snuffy person, with a termagant on his hands!
From An Unknown Lover by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
