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# harridan

noun (harridans)

«harridan» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

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

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

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «harridan» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harridan/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«harridan» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/harridan.html) on Mova free.