0 an unpleasant woman, especially an older one, who is often angry and often tells other people what to do
Swenson thus traces the two dominant representations of medical women: the angelic savior and the threatening harridan.
The paper sought to portray me as an ugly harridan, a killjoy woman.
Those of us who still aspire only to harridan status, who are perhaps just slightly blowsy at the edges, can share some of his feelings.
I shall have to revise entirely my view of the meaning of the word "harridan".
He is also now married to a harridan who bullies him.
