termagant in English

noun
1
a harsh-tempered or overbearing woman.
Your highness, sorry about the shrieking termagant !
2
an imaginary deity of violent and turbulent character, often appearing in morality plays.
noun

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Below are sample sentences containing the word "termagant" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "termagant", or refer to the context using the word "termagant" in the English Dictionary.

1. From even this stronghold the unlucky Rip was at length routed by his termagant wife.

2. The angel that Pierre had married in Madagascar had become a termagant, blinded by jealousy.

3. A termagant wife may, in some respects, be considered a tolerable blessing.

4. A termagant wife may, therefore, in some respects, be considered a tolerable blessing.

5. Tigress might have been a termagant, but without her what home could he have?

6. Wootton had already gone home: he had a young family and a termagant wife.

7. 24 Tigress might have been a termagant, but without her what home could he have?

8. Marriage had ended his freedom, and on top of that Tigress was such a termagant .

9. 30 Marriage had ended his freedom, and on top of that Tigress was such a termagant .

10. Synonyms for Battleax include axe, ax, halberd, hatchet, tomahawk, Battleaxe, battle-ax, shrew, virago and termagant