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Meaning of "harridan" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HARRIDAN

Of uncertain origin; perhaps related to French haridelle, literally: broken-down horse; of obscure origin.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF HARRIDAN

harridan  [ˈhærɪdən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HARRIDAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Harridan is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HARRIDAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of harridan in the English dictionary

The definition of harridan in the dictionary is a scolding old woman; nag.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HARRIDAN


bedridden
ˈbɛdˌrɪdən
bug-ridden
ˈbʌɡˌrɪdən
Corydon
ˈkɒrɪdən
forbidden
fəˈbɪdən
gueridon
ˈɡɛrɪdən
hidden
ˈhɪdən
joyridden
ˈdʒɔɪˌrɪdən
laden
ˈleɪdən
Leiden
ˈlaɪdən
maiden
ˈmeɪdən
midden
ˈmɪdən
outridden
ˈaʊtˌrɪdən
plague-ridden
ˈpleɪɡˌrɪdən
ridden
ˈrɪdən
sex-ridden
ˈsɛksˌrɪdən
Sheridan
ˈʃɛrɪdən
stelleridan
stəˈlerɪdən
stridden
ˈstrɪdən
strife-ridden
ˈstraɪfˌrɪdən
unridden
ʌnˈrɪdən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HARRIDAN

harquebuss
Harrer
harried
harrier
harries
Harriman
Harrington
Harris
Harris Tweed
Harrisburg
Harrison
Harrogate
Harrovian
harrow
harrower
harrowing
harrowingly
harrowment
harrumph
harry

WORDS THAT END LIKE HARRIDAN

acaridan
Aidan
annelidan
arachnidan
araneidan
Heraclidan
Heraklidan
maidan
meropidan
oppidan
sauropsidan
Seleucidan
sialidan

Synonyms and antonyms of harridan in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HARRIDAN»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «harridan» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of harridan

Translation of «harridan» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HARRIDAN

Find out the translation of harridan to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of harridan from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «harridan» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

harridan
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

harridan
570 millions of speakers

English

harridan
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चुड़ैल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

harridan
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

карга
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

harridan
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ডাইনি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vieille harpie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Harridan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Vettel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

harridan
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

추한 노파
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Harridan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hay gây gổ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சிடுசிடுக்கும் கிழவி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हरिद्वार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kocakarı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

megera
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

harridan
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

карга
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Harridan
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γύναιο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ouwe tang
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

harridan
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

harridan
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of harridan

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HARRIDAN»

The term «harridan» is regularly used and occupies the 93.389 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HARRIDAN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «harridan» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «harridan» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about harridan

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HARRIDAN»

Discover the use of harridan in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to harridan and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Carpenter's Daughter
The blond kitchen wench, who boasted a large bosom, held a steaming platter of deer testicles in her arms, and she laughed at everything Silas said to her as she hovered over him. “Randalyn, you are living with us,” Harridan said in a velvet ...
Sharon Sheretko, 2005
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Bond Get Ready for Secondary School - English
Remember to start a new indented line with a capital letter each time the speaker changes. l'm a bit concerned about Yasmin said Mrs Ali to her teacher Miss Harridan What's the problem asked Miss Harridan l have noticed that she hasn't ...
Andrew Baines, Katherine Hamlyn, 2003
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The Synonym Finder
See harridan. harridan, n. shrew, harpy, virago, termagant, vixen, scold, nag, SI. bitch, fishwife; witch, hellcat, Xanthippe, tartar, SI. battle-ax, spitfire, fury; hag, crone, gorgon, beldam, jade, SI. old bat, SI. old bag, Yiddish. macheshefeh. harried, ...
Jerome Irving Rodale, 1978
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Whispers of the wind
HARRIDAN. Your clothes are flimsy as rags With dirt's that stench the air Your skin are dry and creaky Like a bread that lost its touch Your mouth always quick to speak With a voice sounding like drums Despised in the land of everywhere ...
Adekemi Adeniyan
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Something to Tell You: A Novel
He do the electrics,the plumbing,he can paint and all that.You know,I work for Miriam, not her. We're family. Harridan weren't ever my employer. I only did favours for her.” “What are the rumours about Wolf and this girl?” “He's risking it.” “ In what ...
Hanif Kureishi, 2009
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Women's Suffrage Memorabilia: An Illustrated Historical Study
Leslie Harridan designed two inkwells for Royal Doulton that were registered in July 1909 and are sometimes referred to today as “Virago and Baby.” The first is that ofa dour harridan with arms folded and the phrase “Votes for Women” incised  ...
Kenneth Florey, 2013
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Social Work: The Basics
We see the harridan in full colour at the time of a child murder and the subsequent public inquiry. It would be unusual for a social worker not to be one of the professionals involved in such a situation so social work is often implicated; and ...
Mark Doel, 2012
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On These Silken Sheets
What happens in Harridan House stays in Harridan House.
Sabrina Darby, 2009
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On Extended Wings: Wallace Stevens' Longer Poems
As they go up in flame, in a blaze of summer straw, they produce the streamers of the auroras, and the hushful paradise of August gives way to the hall harridan, a fit locale for "the harridan self and ever maladive fate" that went crying through ...
Helen Hennessy Vendler, 1969
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Four Comedies: Lysistrata; The Acharnians; The ...
HARRIDAN Shut up. By the left flank . . . CRONE Nope. By the right flank. The tug -of-war continues, but the advantage is to the Harridan, and the group is moving left, toward House III. EPIGENES But this is double jeopardy. I'm standing the ...
Aristophanes, 1969

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HARRIDAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term harridan is used in the context of the following news items.
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'Pound' Is a High-Spirited Meditation on Love and Why Lesbians …
Still, where else can you see the ladies from The Children's Hour mingle with Dench's harridan from Notes on a Scandal? Gomez's oddball ... «Village Voice, Jul 15»
2
Proposed Natural History Museum Expansion Riles UWSers
By harridan. 07/13/15 12:27 PM. @JD. On the money. By stache. 07/13/15 02:51 PM. Let them build it underground. By REspectator. 07/13/15 ... «Curbed NY, Jul 15»
3
Serena Williams and the Fear of a Dominant Black Woman
“So when Serena refuses to be the kindly self-effacing Mammy, the over-sexed Jezebel, or the harridan Sapphire, media organizations don't ... «Daily Beast, Jul 15»
4
Media Watch Dog: Ray Martin prejudges ABC's Q&A review
That Horrible Harridan, Miriam Margolyes, is a prime example of this phenomena, and seems to have a permanent gig on Q&A. Remember she ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
5
Celebrity Masterchef, episode 8 – Cheggers Goes Flop
I know the programme was edited in that way, but journalist Samira Ahmed came across as a complete control freak harridan during the mass ... «Blackmore Vale Magazine, Jul 15»
6
Campaigners call on Scots academic to apologise for describing …
Have you seen/heard the appalling harridan Mhairi Black? Foul mouthed little slut." In a separate thread she remarks: "If electors vote for a foul-mouthed slut like ... «Glasgow Evening Times, Jul 15»
7
Tangerine is the frenetic transgender iPhone Christmas movie of the …
The script, by Baker and Chris Bergoch, is essentially an old-fashioned stage farce—complete with a harridan mother-in-law and a big ending ... «A.V. Club, Jul 15»
8
My Ex-Ex review
... Patrick's best friend married to a complete harridan, who he happily cheats on with a woman he just finished disparaging as a complete slut. «National Post, Jul 15»
9
10 NYC Sites Transforming From Hospitals to Housing, Mapped
BLAH BLAH BLAH OBUMMER CARE BLAH BLAH BLAH DOCTORS QUITTING BLAH BLAH BLAH ALIENS. You're welcome! By harridan. «Curbed NY, Jul 15»
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'We've all met a Margo': Penelope Keith's comic triumph on The …
... means that she is a rounded and sympathetic character when she so easily could have been a one-dimensional surburban harridan. «The Guardian, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Harridan [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/harridan>. Apr 2024 ».
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