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plural of harpy
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1
a bad-tempered scolding woman
- in fairy tales stepmothers are often portrayed as harpies who make the lives of their stepchildren miserable
Synonyms for harpies
- battle-axes,
- dragon ladies,
- furies,
- harridans,
- shrews,
- termagants,
- viragoes
- (or viragos),
- vixens
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2
a person who habitually preys upon others
- having just started to make it really big in the music business, he found himself surrounded by a flock of harpies greedy for a piece of the action
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