gorgon

noun

Definition of gorgonnext
as in fishwife

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Recent Examples of gorgon The studio is also developing an original horror film with Anna Chazelle based on the one of the Greek gorgon sisters, Medusa. — Giana Levy, Variety, 23 Sep. 2025 Furs are werewolves, Fangs are vampires, Stoners are gorgons and Scales are sirens, leader of whom is Bianca Barclay (Joy Sunday). — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 4 Aug. 2025 The original premise follows Frankenstein’s monster teaming up with a werewolf, vampire and gorgon to fight Nazis in World War II. — Selena Kuznikov, Variety, 26 July 2024 Those themes are evident in the salon decorated with giant nautilus shells, gorgons of the sea and other old nautical items. — Chloe Braithwaite, Robb Report, 25 Apr. 2024 Playwright Kenny Hahn delves into the human side of the famous gorgon. — John Coffren, Baltimore Sun, 9 Feb. 2023 Instead of an evil monster, Haynes’s Medusa is a beloved gorgon sister with a keen intellect and a curiosity about the human world. — Becky Meloan, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gorgon
  1. fishwife
  2. termagant
  3. harridan
  4. harpy
  5. shrew
  6. vixen
  7. virago
Noun
  • In addition to Brecht’s typical didacticism, there is a haunting passage for a fishwife whose son died in one of Lucullus’s campaigns.
    — Seth Colter Walls, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2020
  • An old fishwife sees a lobster try to escape and whacks it back in with her net.
    — Casey Quackenbush / Hong Kong, Time, 12 July 2018
Definition of fishwife
Noun
  • Rather than returning to a patient Penelope, Rip has fled the termagant Dame Van Winkle.
    — John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
  • But the film belongs to Moreno, clearly relishing the chance to play an unapologetic termagant.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2022
Definition of termagant
Noun
  • Into this vacuum, a misogynistic sense of her as a harridan or a drug-using flake emerged.
    — Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Given its plotting, Brooks’s movie could easily have made Iris into a harridan and Isaac into a sociopathic rogue.
    — Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2025
Definition of harridan
Noun
  • Like most eagles, the aviary says the female harpy is significantly larger than the male — sometimes twice the size.
    — Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 28 May 2026
  • And because harpies rely on large emergent trees for nesting and an extensive, continuous canopy for hunting, even partial deforestation will severely disrupt their ability to breed and forage.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
Definition of harpy
Noun
  • These are important tools used for both feeding and building their dens and digging for other menu items such as mice, gophers, voles and shrews.
    — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2026
  • See page 8 to order a shrew for $29, plus shipping and handling.
    — Jeff Wilson, Outdoor Life, 11 Mar. 2026
Definition of shrew
Noun
  • But where the original video vixen era prioritized physical spectacle and often reduced its subjects to aesthetic objects, this new wave is about intentional community-building.
    — Olivia Shalhoup, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Robin Hood was portrayed as a fox, Little John was depicted as a bear, Friar Tuck as a badger, Prince John as a lion, the sheriff of Nottingham as a wolf and Maid Marian as a vixen.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 6 Mar. 2026
Definition of vixen
Noun
  • Skin is important here, not just its color but its texture as Josephine, for example, goes from elegant sophisticate to sweaty, sunburned, frizzy virago increasingly swollen with pregnancy and angry mosquito bites.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Meredith is a stereotypical virago updated with modern libertarian notions.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2023
Definition of virago

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