harridan

harridan
    n 1: a scolding (even vicious) old woman
    

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.
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         Such a weak, watery, wicked old harridan, substituted
         for the pretty creature I had been used to see. --De
                                                  Quincey.
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50 Moby Thesaurus words for "harridan":
      Jezebel, 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, 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