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harpynoun a bad-tempered scolding womanin fairy tales stepmothers are often portrayed as harpies who make the lives of their stepchildren miserable battle-ax(or battle-axe), dragon lady, fury, harridan, shrew, termagant, virago, vixen fishwife, gorgoncarper, castigator, caviler(or caviller), censurer, critic, faultfinder, nitpicker, railer, scoldbelittler, derider, detractorpettifogger, quibbler a person who habitually preys upon othershaving just started to make it really big in the music business, he found himself surrounded by a flock of harpies greedy for a piece of the action bloodsucker, buzzard, kite, predator, shark, vampire, vulture, wolf exploiter, userleech, sponge, spongerdestroyer, devourer prey in 1513 |