TERMAGANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does termagant mean? 

• TERMAGANT (noun)
  The noun TERMAGANT has 1 sense:

1. a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman

  Familiarity information: TERMAGANT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TERMAGANT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A scolding nagging bad-tempered woman

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

shrew; termagant

Hypernyms ("termagant" is a kind of...):

disagreeable woman; unpleasant woman (a woman who is an unpleasant person)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "termagant"):

virago (a noisy or scolding or domineering woman)

yenta ((Yiddish) a vulgar shrew; a shallow coarse termagant)

 Context examples 

And the woman was a termagant—at least so I've been told. It was generally accepted in Berkeley that she made life—er—not exactly paradise for her husband.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)