harridan
The word “harridan” has 3 syllables: har-ri-dan
It's pronounced as /ˈhærɪdən/
What is synonym and antonym for harridan?
In the thesaurus, “harridan” has 26 synonyms.
Here are synonyms for harridan along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for harridan
- battle-ax
- battle-axe
- belittler
- carper
- castigator
- caviler
- caviller
- censurer
- critic
- derider
- detractor
- dragon lady
- faultfinder
- fishwife
- fury
- gorgon
- harpy
- nitpicker
- pettifogger
- quibbler
- railer
- scold
- shrew
- termagant
- virago
- vixen
Meanings of harridan
- noun
- A vicious and scolding woman, especially an older one.
Example Sentences
- The character in the novel was portrayed as a bitter old harridan.
- No one dared argue with the sharp-tongued harridan next door.
- Gossip spread quickly about the new manager being a real harridan.
- His story described a cruel harridan who ruled the household with fear.
- They whispered that the teacher had turned into a harridan over the years.
On this page you'll find 26 synonyms or another words to harridan, such as: battle-ax, battle-axe, belittler, carper, castigator, caviler, caviller.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
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railer
- battle-ax
- battle-axe
- belittler
- carper
- castigator
- caviler
- caviller
- censurer
- critic
- derider
- detractor
- dragon lady
- faultfinder
- fishwife
- fury
- gorgon
- harpy
- harridan
- nitpicker
- pettifogger
- quibbler
- scold
- shrew
- termagant
- virago
- vixen
calumniator
- adversary
- agent
- antagonist
- archenemy
- asperser
- assailant
- assassin
- attacker
- backbiter
- bad person
- bandit
- battle-ax
- betrayer
- bitch
- carper
- charlatan
- cheat
- cheater
- competitor
- contender
- counterfeiter
- cozener
- criminal
- deceiver
- defamer
- defiler
- defrauder
- detractor
- disputant
- dissembler
- dissimulator
- distorter
- double-dealer
- dragon
- emulator
- equivocator
- exaggerator
- fabricator
- fabulist
- falsifier
- fibber
- fifth column
- fire-eater
- fishwife
- foe
- fraud
- fury
- gossip
- gossiper
- guerrilla
- harpy
- harridan
- hell cat
- hellion
- hustler
- informer
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- invader
- knave
- liar
- libeler
- libelist
- mountebank
- muckraker
- murderer
- mythomaniac
- nag
- ogress
- operator
- opponent
- opposition
- other side
- palterer
- perjurer
- porcupine
- pretender
- prevaricator
- prosecutor
- rebel
- reviler
- revolutionary
- rival
- saboteur
- scold
- seditionist
- she-devil
- she-wolf
- slanderer
- spitfire
- spy
- storyteller
- talebearer
- termagant
- terrorist
- tigress
- traducer
- traitor
- vilifier
- villain
- virago
- vituperator
- vixen
ogress
- Frankenstein
- Medusa
- abnormality
- abomination
- anathema
- backbiter
- bag
- banshee
- barbarian
- battle-ax
- beldam
- biddy
- bitch
- blot
- bogey
- bogeyman
- bogie
- bogy
- bogyman
- brute
- bugaboo
- bugbear
- cad
- calumniator
- carper
- crone
- cur
- daemon
- demon
- detractor
- devil
- dragon
- eyesore
- fiend
- fire-eater
- fishwife
- freak
- fright
- fury
- gorgon
- grotesque
- grotesquerie
- grotesquery
- harpy
- harridan
- hell cat
- hellion
- horror
- imp
- incubus
- jezebel
- mess
- monster
- monstrosity
- muckraker
- mutant
- mutation
- nag
- ogre
- porcupine
- reviler
- scold
- she-devil
- she-wolf
- shrew
- slattern
- sorceress
- spectacle
- spitfire
- swine
- termagant
- terror
- tigress
- virago
- vituperator
- vixen
- witch
virago
- battle-ax
- battle-axe
- belittler
- carper
- castigator
- caviler
- caviller
- censurer
- critic
- derider
- detractor
- dragon lady
- faultfinder
- fishwife
- fury
- gorgon
- harpy
- harridan
- nitpicker
- pettifogger
- quibbler
- railer
- scold
- shrew
- termagant
- vixen