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# harridan

«harridan» in Mova's school dictionary: **a fierce, bad-tempered old woman who scolds and frightens…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (harridans)

### meaning for a pupil

A harridan is a fierce, bad-tempered old woman who scolds and frightens people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harridan/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a fierce old woman with great power, who frightens heroes

### examples

- The harridan frowned at the brave men. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harridan/#x1)
- Nobody dared to argue with the harridan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harridan/#x2)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «harridan» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harridan/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.