Antonyms for termagant

Grammar : Adj, noun

Spell : tur-muh-guhnt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɜr mə gənt

Definition of termagant

Origin : c.1500, "violent, overbearing person" (especially of women), from Teruagant, Teruagaunt (c.1200), name of a fictitious Muslim deity appearing in medieval morality plays, from Old French Tervagant, a proper name in "Chanson de Roland" (c.1100), of uncertain origin.

As in rambunctious : adj loud, energetic
As in turbulent : adj rebellious, unmanageable
As in tumultuous : adj confused
As in disorderly : adj causing trouble; unlawful
As in vixen : noun foxy person
As in hag : noun biddy
As in shrew : noun mean lady
As in virago : noun aggressive woman
As in battle-ax : noun harsh, domineering woman

Example sentences :

His wife is a shrew, a termagant, who embitters every hour of his existence.
Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini

The child must not be suffered to grow up into a termagant—you will admit that, I hope?
Extract from : « Brother Copas » by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

This bride was a canting hypocrite of sixty-three, covetous, and a termagant.
Extract from : « The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck » by Baron Trenck

She seemed to be a sort of termagant, and she said nobody said that about her unless you told them.
Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 » by Various

There are two claimants on the Milanese, then; the Spanish Termagant, and he?
Extract from : « History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XII. (of XXI.) » by Thomas Carlyle

Not to a woman; but I'm sometimes forced to do so to a termagant.
Extract from : « The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector » by William Carleton

And I was the termagant who must have put it there, though I have no memory of doing so.
Extract from : « The Prairie Child » by Arthur Stringer

It was as if Elizabeth had put herself into the situation of a termagant wife.
Extract from : « The Town » by Leigh Hunt

She may be a fool—she may be a termagant—she may be what you please—but—but she has money.
Extract from : « The Cock and Anchor » by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Why, what a bloody-minded, inveterate, termagant strumpet have I been plagued with!
Extract from : « Thomas Otway » by Thomas Otway

Synonyms for termagant

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