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sekutnica — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • harridan noun A vicious and scolding woman, especially an older one.
  • shrew noun A small, mouse-like, mostly nocturnal mammal with a pointed snout.
  • termagant noun A brawling, boisterous, and turbulent person or thing.

Senses

sekutnica is used for these senses in English:

  • harridan A vicious and scolding woman, especially an older one.
  • she-devil (figuratively) A woman whose bad temper, cruelty or wicked ways are so extreme as to evoke an image of the devil.
  • shrew (pejorative) An ill-tempered, nagging woman: a scold.
  • termagant (specifically, derogatory) A censorious, nagging, and quarrelsome woman; a scold, a shrew.

shrew — full definition

  1. noun A small, mouse-like, mostly nocturnal mammal with a pointed snout.
  2. noun An ill-tempered, nagging woman (old-fashioned, now considered sexist).

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