'Harridan' definitions:
Definition of 'harridan'
(from WordNet)
noun
A scolding (even vicious) old woman
Definition of 'Harridan'
From: GCIDE
- Harridan \Har"ri*dan\ (h[a^]r"r[i^]*dan), n. [F. haridelle a worn-out horse, jade.] A worn-out strumpet; a vixenish woman; a hag. [1913 Webster]
- Such a weak, watery, wicked old harridan, substituted for the pretty creature I had been used to see. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'harridan'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- baboon,
- bad woman,
- bag,
- baggage,
- bitch,
- blemish,
- blot,
- broad,
- chippy,
- clitoromaniac,
- cocotte,
- dog,
- drab,
- easy lay,
- easy woman,
- eyesore,
- floozy,
- frail sister,
- fright,
- gargoyle,
- grisette,
- hag,
- hussy,
- hysteromaniac,
- jade,
- Jezebel,
- loose woman,
- mess,
- monster,
- monstrosity,
- no beauty,
- nymphet,
- nympho,
- nymphomaniac,
- pickup,
- quean,
- scarecrow,
- sight,
- slut,
- strumpet,
- tart,
- teratism,
- trollop,
- trull,
- ugly duckling,
- uteromaniac,
- wanton,
- wench,
- whore,
- witch