termagant
Example Sentences
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James Flexner went so far as to call her a "termagant."
From Washington Post
Lorena wasn’t just any fury wronged by a man but a hot-blooded Latin termagant.
From Salon
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.
From The Guardian
Facebook Twitter Pinterest ‘A tough little termagant in a pantsuit’ … making a visit to Australia as US secretary of state in 2010.
From The Guardian
But in Ms. Smith’s tough, levelheaded performance, Mary is an irascible termagant full of batty notions clutching on to life as best she can.
From New York Times
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