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Showing words for HARPY using the English dictionary
5 Letter Words for Harpy
harpy
4 Letter Words for Harpy
harp, phar, pray
3 Letter Words for Harpy
aph, apr, ary, ayr, hap, hay, hyp, pah, par, pay, phr, pry, pya, pyr, rah, rap, ray, rha, rhy, rya, yah, yap, yar
Definitions for Harpy
[1] Classical Mythology . a ravenous, filthy monster having a woman's head and a bird's body.
[2] (lowercase ) a scolding, nagging, bad-tempered woman; shrew.
[3] (lowercase ) a greedy, predatory person.
[4] a cruel grasping woman
[5] Greek myth a ravenous creature with a woman's head and trunk and a bird's wings and claws
Words related to Harpy
shrew, vixen, virago, nag, hag, swindler, shark, Shylock, Xanthippe
Origin of Harpy
< Latin Harpȳia, singular of Harpȳiae < Greek Hárpȳiai (plural), literally, snatchers, akin to harpázein to snatch away
Other words from Harpy
harp·y·like , adjective
Word origin for Harpy
C16: from Latin Harpyia, from Greek Harpuiai the Harpies, literally: snatchers, from harpazein to seize