termagant
Example Sentences
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James Flexner went so far as to call her a "termagant."
From Washington Post
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
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
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