termagant

Questions about termagant

What does termagant mean?

termagant means "a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman".

How many syllables are in termagant?

termagant has 3 syllables and divides as ter-ma-gant under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for termagant?

Close synonyms include shrew. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is termagant a common word?

termagant is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.