Answer: termagant

AnswerCrossword Clue
TERMAGANTHarpy
TERMAGANTSHREW
TERMAGANTVirago
TERMAGANTShrew
TERMAGANTScold.
TERMAGANTFishwife.
TERMAGANTMrs. Rip van Winkle, for one.
TERMAGANTVan Winkle's wife, e.g.
TERMAGANTXanthippe was one
TERMAGANTNasty female name: Silver Bug (9)
termagantmythical deity popularly believed in the Middle Ages to be worshiped by the Muslims and introduced into the morality play as a violent, overbearing personage in long robes
termagantviolent, turbulent, or brawling woman
termagantviolent; turbulent; brawling; shrewish
termaganta shrewish, bullying woman