cronenoun [ C ]
uk/krəʊn/us/kroʊn/an unpleasant or ugly old woman
in stories, an old woman with magic powers
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Unpleasant women
- bag
- battleaxe
- bitch
- cow
- dog
- dragon
- fishwife
- hag
- harpy
- harridan
- misandry
- she-devil
- shrew
- termagant
- trout
- virago
- vixen
- witch
Examples from literature
- A withered old crone sat at one of the doors, sunning herself.
- Gold and silver, and each thing more precious than another, in the crone's castle.
- Her feet were bare, and altogether she was a most repulsive old crone.
- The old crone puffed up again at this unexpected flare, and went out of the room, plopping her feet on floor and mumbling.
- The two old crones sat with the body all night and all the next day.