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termagantnoun a bad-tempered scolding womanwhen she finally met her grandmother, she couldn't believe the sweet old lady was the same woman she'd heard all her life described as a termagant battle-ax(or battle-axe), dragon lady, fury, harpy, harridan, shrew, virago, vixen fishwife, gorgoncarper, castigator, caviler(or caviller), censurer, critic, faultfinder, nitpicker, railer, scoldbelittler, derider, detractorpettifogger, quibbler in the 13th century |