单词	harpies
释义	harpy noun har·​py ˈhär-pē  plural harpies 1 capitalized : a foul malign creature in Greek mythology that is part woman and part bird 2 a : a predatory person : leech b : a shrewish woman Synonyms battle-ax battle-axe dragon lady fury harridan shrew termagant virago vixen See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences in fairy tales stepmothers are often portrayed as harpies who make the lives of their stepchildren miserable 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 Recent Examples on the Web Those kinds of sentiments have multiplied on social media, which has exploded with memes in recent days calling the four everything from terrorists to harpies to cancer. Jeremy W. Peters, New York Times, 27 July 2019 Others portrayed her as a harpy, a notoriously disagreeable mythical beast that was half bird-of-prey, half woman. The Economist, 9 Nov. 2019 The clergy and royal courts in days of yore used images of griffins, hellmouths, harpies, dragons and sea swine to instill fear, to divide anxious populations, to assert dominance and control, and to ostracize non-Europeans. Steven Litt, cleveland.com, 1 Sep. 2019 Elizabeth Moss, as Claire, has based her career playing sad-sacks and harpies, in Mad Men, The Square, The Handmaid’s Tale, and Her Smell; so Moss is a comic actress by default. Armond White, National Review, 9 Aug. 2019 There are fairies and nymphs, unicorns, harpies, giants, ogres, trolls, Gollums and dragons. Patti Restivo, baltimoresun.com, 14 June 2019 But maybe these women aren’t evil vixens or cold-hearted harpies. Andrea Bartz, Marie Claire, 25 Feb. 2019 Teri Terrific, as she was known among friends, was much maligned in the film industry as a harpy who exploited Ms. Shields and turned her into an unprotesting meal ticket. Ruth La Ferla, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2018 The Victorian fascination with madness gave us an indelible squad of deranged harpies (Miss Havisham, Bertha Rochester, Lady Audley, to name a few). Marisha Pessl, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2017 See More Word History Etymology Latin Harpyia, from Greek First Known Use 1513, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Phrases Containing harpy harpy eagle harpy eagle harpies noun plural of harpy 1 as in shrews a bad-tempered scolding woman in fairy tales stepmothers are often portrayed as harpies who make the lives of their stepchildren miserable Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance shrews furies harridans termagants viragos vixens gorgons critics dragon ladies viragoes battle-axes fishwives carpers scolds nitpickers faultfinders detractors railers cavillers cavilers quibblers censurers deriders fishwifes belittlers castigators pettifoggers 2 as in predators 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 Synonyms & Similar Words predators vampires vultures sharks wolves buzzards kites users bloodsuckers exploiters leeches sponges spongers devourers destroyers Antonyms & Near Antonyms prey preys
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