termagant
noun[C]
disapprovinguk/ˈtɜː.mə.ɡənt/us/ˈtɝː.mə.ɡənt/a woman whoarguesnoisilyto get orachievewhat shewants
悍妇，泼妇Synonym
shrew(WOMAN)old-fashioneddisapproving
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Termagantalso became a stock character in a number of medieval mystery plays.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Virago, fishwife and shrew are near synonyms fortermagantin this sense.
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