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
She rattled through the remainder of the scene with the manner of a youthful termagant.
From Joan Thursday by Vance, Louis Joseph
