harpy
31harpy — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A shrewish woman] Syn. shrew, virago, nag, Xanthippe; see hag , woman 1 . 2. [A greedy person] Syn. swindler, shark, loan shark, Shylock. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A person, traditionally a woman, who persistently nags… …
32harpy — har|py [ harpi ] noun count 1. ) OFFENSIVE an insulting name for a woman you think is unpleasant 2. ) a cruel creature in ancient Greek stories, with a bird s body and a woman s face …
33Harpy — har·py || hÉ‘rpɪ / hÉ‘Ëp n. mythological monster with the head of a woman and the body of a bird …
34harpy — noun (plural harpies) 1》 Greek & Roman Mythology a rapacious monster usually depicted with a woman s head and body and a bird s wings and claws. 2》 a grasping or unpleasant woman. Origin ME: from L. harpyia, from Gk harpuiai snatchers …
35harpy — n. 1. (Mythol.) Defiling monster, half bird, half woman. 2. Duck hawk, marsh harrier, moor buzzard, (Circus aeruginosus). 3. Extortioner, sharper, plunderer …
36harpy — noun (C) literary a cruel or nasty woman …
37harpy — n 1. swindler, cheater, cheat, sharper, sharpie, Sl shark; mercenary, Sl. money grubber. 2. shrew, virago, termagant, harridan. See harridan …
38harpy — har·py …
39Harpy — Har•py [[t]ˈhɑr pi[/t]] n. pl. pies 1) myt any of a group of winged supernatural beings of classical myth, two or three in number, portrayed by later authors as rapacious female monsters 2) (l.c.) a scolding, bad tempered woman; shrew 3) (l.c.) a …
40harpy — har|py sb., en, er, erne (GRÆSK MYTOLOGI kvindeligt uhyre med vinger og kløer; en rovfugl) …
