See harridan on Wiktionary
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "mýmra",
"sense": "vicious and scolding woman",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "мы́мра"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "grýmza",
"sense": "vicious and scolding woman",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "гры́мза"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "megéra",
"sense": "vicious and scolding woman",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "меге́ра"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "vicious and scolding woman",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vieja gruñona"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "vicious and scolding woman",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "arpía"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "vicious and scolding woman",
"word": "surtant"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "vicious and scolding woman",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "argbigga"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "vicious and scolding woman",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "huskors"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "vicious and scolding woman",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "satkärring"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "vicious and scolding woman",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "morrhoppa"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "vicious and scolding woman",
"word": "ragata"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "vicious and scolding woman",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "rivjärn"
}
],
"word": "harridan"
}
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