variants or battle-axe
as in shrew
a bad-tempered scolding woman the veteran stage actress stole every scene with a tour de force performance as the dysfunctional family's battle-ax matriarch

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shrew
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  • For the study, researchers looked at 1,376 vertebrate species known to eat some amount of carrion, ranging from tiger sharks and spotted hyenas to cane toads and common shrews.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 June 2025
  • The music hall performer Belle Elmore was dismissed by the press as a vulgar shrew.
    Jennifer Wright, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2025
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“Battle-ax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battle-ax. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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