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Synonyms for harpy

Most common

bitch dragon vixen shrew

All synonyms

Noun

1. Vixen — A shrewish woman

vixen, bitch, dragon, shrew, scold, hellcat, virago, termagant, fishwife, jade, cockatrice dated

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A shrewish woman.

Related words

Word family
harpyish harpylike harridan
Phrases
harpy bat harpy eagle

Forms

Plural
harpies → vixens, bitches, dragons, shrews…

Example sentences

  • bitch Ziri is the luckiest son of a bitch I've ever seen.
  • dragon Beowulf decided to follow the dragon to its lair.
  • vixen A vixen lives in our garden with her five puppies.
  • shrew You can gossip as much as you want, dirty shrew!

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
harpyrising
bitchrising
dragonrising
vixenrising
shrewsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
jade1
5 letters
bitch1, vixen2, shrew, scold1
6 letters
dragon2, virago3
7 letters
hellcat
8 letters
fishwife
9 letters
termagant
10 letters
cockatrice

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (vixen2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
harpie
Italiano
arpia
Español
arpía