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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

Synonyms for Harpy

hag, nag, shrew, virago, vixen, Xanthippe