termagant
Example Sentences
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It was someone laying down the law — without worrying that a man would label her a virago or harridan or termagant.
From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2019
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 most termagant of mothers-in-law hesitates to attack a daughter-in-law who has no fear of men or of demons, and who is fully equal to any emergency.
From Village Life in China A Study in Sociology by Arthur H. Smith
Vocabulary lists containing termagant
"The Devil and Tom Walker" by Washington Irving
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"The Tragedy of Hamlet," Vocabulary from Act 3
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Spoon River Anthology
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