The meaning of Virago

noun

A large axe used as a weapon in the past

Usage examples:

Our headmistress was a real old battleaxe.

noun

A female dog, wolf, fox, or otter.

Usage examples:

A female puppy or bitch reaches sexual maturity at roughly the same age as a male; however, there a…

verb

Make spitefully critical comments.

Usage examples:

Everybody was bitching about their colleagues

noun

A female dog

noun

A fully grown female animal of a domesticated breed of ox, kept to produce milk or beef.

Usage examples:

A dairy cow

verb

Cause (someone) to submit to one's wishes by intimidation.

Usage examples:

The intellectuals had been cowed into silence

noun

Female of domestic cattle

noun

A mythical monster like a giant reptile. in european tradition the dragon is typically fire-breathing and tends to symbolize chaos or evil, whereas in east asia it is usually a beneficent symbol of fertility, associated with water and the heavens.

noun

A large, fierce, imaginary animal, usually represented with wings, a long tail, and fire coming out of its mouth

noun

A coarse-mannered woman who is prone to shouting.

Usage examples:

The screech of a fishwife

noun

A loud, unpleasant woman

noun

Wild or violent anger.

Usage examples:

Tears of fury and frustration

noun

Extreme anger or force

Usage examples:

[ u ] the battle raged with mounting fury.

noun

Each of three sisters, stheno, euryale, and medusa, with snakes for hair, who had the power to turn anyone who looked at them to stone. medusa was killed by perseus.

Usage examples:

He goes on a quest to kill the gorgon medusa and is helped by hermes and aphrodite.

noun

A woman whose appearance and behaviour causes fear

Usage examples:

Our teacher is a real gorgon!

noun

A witch.

Usage examples:

This is a place where witches aren't green hags, flying broomsticks, and scaring children away.

noun

An overhang of peat.

Usage examples:

But so were the boulders and lumps of peat hag which pocked the scene.

abbreviation

Haggai (in biblical references).

noun

A rapacious monster described as having a woman's head and body and a bird's wings and claws or depicted as a bird of prey with a woman's face.

Usage examples:

The harpy woman shook her wings and let out a blood curdling cry from the depths of her throat, rai…

noun

In greek mythology, a creature with the head of a woman and the body of a bird

noun

A strict, bossy, or belligerent old woman.

Usage examples:

A bullying old harridan

noun

An unpleasant woman, especially an older one, who is often angry and often tells other people what to do

noun

A spiteful, violent woman.

Usage examples:

A spitting hellcat who abused him vilely

noun

A person who demands complete obedience; a strict disciplinarian.

Usage examples:

The woman in charge was a martinet who treated all those beneath her like children

noun

Someone who demands that rules and orders always be obeyed, even when it is unnecessary or unreasonable to do so

verb

Harass (someone) constantly to do something that they are averse to.

Usage examples:

She constantly nags her daughter about getting married

noun

A person who nags someone.

Usage examples:

We don't want to be perceived as nags or, worse still, incompetent.

noun

A horse, especially one that is old or in poor health.

Usage examples:

The old nag the lad fetched smelled sweaty

noun

A female ogre.

Usage examples:

She's no longer the ogress she used to be to right-thinking people.

verb

Remonstrate with or rebuke (someone) angrily.

Usage examples:

Mum took anna away, scolding her for her bad behaviour

noun

A person who nags or grumbles constantly (typically used of a woman).

Usage examples:

His mother was the village scold

verb

Censure severely or angrily

noun

A woman who is considered to be dangerous or evil

noun

A small insectivorous mammal resembling a mouse, with a long pointed snout and tiny eyes.

Usage examples:

Several small mammals live in the park - genets, shrews, hedgehogs and mongooses.

noun

An animal like a small mouse but with a longer pointed nose and small eyes

noun

A person with a fierce temper.

Usage examples:

He never took into consideration that we had two small children that i was still constantly getting…

proper noun

A single-seat, single-engined british fighter aircraft of the second world war, designed by reginald mitchell and produced by the supermarine company. it is particularly remembered for its role in the battle of britain.

noun

Archaic term for target (sense 2 of the noun).

noun

A formidably aggressive older woman.

Usage examples:

She was an old targe of a schoolteacher

noun

A hard calcified deposit that forms on the teeth and contributes to their decay.

Usage examples:

Tooth decay, fillings and tartar build-up can also all contribute to discolouration.

noun

A member of the combined forces of central asian peoples, including mongols and turks, who under the leadership of genghis khan conquered much of asia and eastern europe in the early 13th century, and under tamerlane (14th century) established an empire with its capital at samarkand.

Usage examples:

Romania's new minorities included substantial communities of ukrainians, bulgarians, gypsies, germa…

noun

A hard yellow or brown substance that forms on the teeth

Usage examples:

I use a toothpaste that removes tartar.

noun

A harsh-tempered or overbearing woman.

Usage examples:

Your highness, sorry about the shrieking termagant!

noun

A chiefly freshwater fish of the salmon family, found in both eurasia and north america and highly valued for food and game.

Usage examples:

In the absence of brook trout, up to one of two nonnative trouts (wild brown or rainbow) would be s…

noun

A fish found in both rivers and the sea that is a very popular food

Usage examples:

Fish farmers raise trout in refrigerated tanks.

noun

A female fox.

Usage examples:

Gibbons says the females, or vixens, have a disturbing habit of making bloodcurdling screams in win…

noun

A female fox

noun

A person thought to have magic powers, especially evil ones, popularly depicted as a woman wearing a black cloak and pointed hat and flying on a broomstick.

Usage examples:

She was half indian and she had told him many stories about witches and black magic.

verb

A woman thought to have magic powers, especially evil ones, popularly depicted as wearing a black cloak and pointed hat and flying on a broomstick.

noun

A woman who is believed to have magical powers and, esp. in stories, uses them to help or harm people