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Synonyms for virago

Most common

she-devil vixen scold shrew amazon

All synonyms

Noun

1. She-devil — A woman given to undue belligerence or ill manner at the slightest provocation

she-devil, vixen, scold, shrew, termagant, cat, bitch, dragon, witch, fury, jade, hag, jezebel, hellcat, harpy, fishwife, beldam, harridan

Other

amazon

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A woman given to undue belligerence or ill manner at the slightest provocation.

Related words

Word family
viraginian viraginous virtue

Forms

Plural
viragos → she-devils, vixens, scolds, shrews…

Example sentences

  • vixen A vixen lives in our garden with her five puppies.
  • scold I cannot scold Taninna. She's still a little girl.
  • shrew You can gossip as much as you want, dirty shrew!
  • amazon The Amazon River meanders through northern Brazil.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
viragorising
vixenrising
scoldrising
shrewsteady
amazonrising

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

By length

3 letters
cat1, hag1
4 letters
fury2, jade1
5 letters
bitch1, witch1, vixen2, scold1, shrew, harpy
6 letters
amazon3, dragon2, beldam
7 letters
jezebel, hellcat
8 letters
harridan, fishwife
9 letters
termagant

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fury2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
virago
Español
marimacho