Synonyms of battle-axes

battle-axes

noun

plural of battle-ax

as in shrews

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shrews
• viragos
• furies
• harridans
• vixens
• termagants
• dragon ladies
• fishwives
• harpies
• viragoes
• critics
• cavillers
• gorgons
• railers
• cavilers
• carpers
• faultfinders
• censurers
• detractors
• nitpickers
• deriders
• scolds
• quibblers
• belittlers
• castigators
• fishwifes
• pettifoggers