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termagant n. 嘴碎女人;悍妇 嘴碎女人;悍妇 termagant n 1: a scolding nagging bad- tempered woman [ synonym: { shrew}, { termagant}] Termagant \ Ter" ma* gant\, n. [ OE. Trivigant, Termagant, Termagant ( in sense 1), OF. Tervagan; cf. It. Trivigante.] 1. An imaginary being supposed by the Christians to be a Moslem deity or false god. He is represented in the ancient moralities, farces, and puppet shows as extremely vociferous and tumultous. [ Obs.] -- Chaucer. " And oftentimes by Termagant and Mahound [ Mahomet] swore." -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] The lesser part on Christ believed well, On Termagant the more, and on Mahound. -- Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A boisterous, brawling, turbulent person; -- formerly applied to both sexes, now only to women. [ 1913 Webster] This terrible termagant, this Nero, this Pharaoh. -- Bale ( 1543). [ 1913 Webster] The slave of an imperious and reckless termagant. -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster]
Termagant \ Ter" ma* gant\, a. Tumultuous; turbulent; boisterous; furious; quarrelsome; scolding. -- { Ter" ma* gant* ly}, adv. [ 1913 Webster] A termagant, imperious, prodigal, profligate wench. -- Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster] 80 Moby Thesaurus words for " termagant": Jezebel, Mafioso, Xanthippe, Young Turk, amazon, battle- ax, beast, beldam, berserk, berserker, bitch, bitch- kitty, boisterous, bomber, brute, cat, common scold, demon, devil, disorderly, dragon, fiend, fire- eater, firebrand, fishwife, fury, goon, gorilla, grimalkin, gunsel, hag, hardnose, harpy, hell- raiser, hellcat, hellhag, hellhound, hellion, holy terror, hood, hoodlum, hothead, hotspur, incendiary, killer, limitable, mad dog, madcap, monster, mugger, ogress, rapist, raucous, revolutionary, rowdy, rowdyish, rumbustious, savage, scold, she- devil, she- wolf, shrew, siren, spitfire, terror, terrorist, tiger, tigress, tough, tough guy, tumultuous, ugly customer, unruly, violent, virago, vixen, wild beast, wildcat, witch, wolf
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