[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

harridan \har"ridan\ ha^r"ri^dan, n. f. haridelle a
   worn-out horse, jade.
   a worn-out strumpet; a vixenish woman; a hag.
   1913 webster

         such a weak, watery, wicked old harridan, substituted
         for the pretty creature i had been used to see. --de
                                                  quincey.
   1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

harridan
     n : a scolding even vicious old woman

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

50 moby thesaurus words for "harridan":
   jezebel, baboon, bad woman, bag, baggage, bitch, blemish, blot,
   broad, chippy, clitoromaniac, cocotte, dog, drab, easy lay,
   easy woman, eyesore, floozy, frail sister, fright, gargoyle,
   grisette, hag, hussy, hysteromaniac, jade, loose woman, mess,
   monster, monstrosity, no beauty, nymphet, nympho, nymphomaniac,
   pickup, quean, scarecrow, sight, slut, strumpet, tart, teratism,
   trollop, trull, ugly duckling, uteromaniac, wanton, wench, whore,
   witch

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