harridan in the PONS Dictionary

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harridan

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I don't want a fat, henpecked husband any more than he wants to share his home with a squidgy, frustrated harridan.

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A stoic cancer victim who conducted herself with dignity in the face of her husband's philandering, she is now revealed as a self-centred harridan.

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They liked my husband and doubtless saw me as some harridan who had driven him elsewhere.

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They portray her as a harridan -- a callous, lying traitor, an inauthentic, paranoid crook and a sickly crone who craves power and money.

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I will be accused of being a bitter, disloyal, anti-war harridan who wanted to finally have her say.

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They despise weakness, and will express their contempt with a show of verbal or physical force that would make a foul-mouthed, pugilistic, fishmongering harridan proud.

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That doesn't work well for women, because getting angry either makes them look like a harridan, or look overly emotional -- both of which carry a big penalty in lost status.

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Fox's sister, hardly more than a harridan here, could be vulnerable onscreen as well as irritating.

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She's been seen as some harridan and the truth couldn't be more different -- she's a wonderful woman.

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Lately her roles have revealed the inner harridan in her.

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