harridan in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for harridan in the English»French Dictionary

harridan [Brit ˈharɪd(ə)n, Am ˈhɛrəd(ə)n] N pej

harridan

mégère f pej

Translations for harridan in the French»English Dictionary

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vieille chouette fig, pej

old harridan

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He is also now married to a harridan who bullies him.

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It is based upon her paternal grandmother, a fierce harridan who struck fear into her children.

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Now, please, spare me the emails from nutty blokes calling me a feminist harridan who hates men.

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Lately her roles have revealed the inner harridan in her.

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A vindictive harridan capable of snipping the crotch out of other people's underwear?

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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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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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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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