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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
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- battle-ax
- (or battle-axe),
- dragon lady,
- fury,
- harridan,
- shrew,
- termagant,
- virago,
- vixen
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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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“Harpy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harpy. Accessed 22 Jan. 2022.
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The first known use of harpy was in 1513
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