railer

noun

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  1. scold
  2. critic
  3. fishwife
  4. gorgon
Noun
  • Don’t be a scold, don’t be a moaner, don’t be a finger-wagging elitist, don’t be an eco-bore, don’t be a mentally ill homeless guy.
    James Parker, The Atlantic, 5 May 2022
  • His showdowns with the head of the local diocese, played as a puckish scold by Malcolm McDowell, are some of the best in the film.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 12 Apr. 2022
Definition of scold
Noun
  • That’s helping fund deforestation and large-scale dairy farms, the critics said.
    Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
  • Last fall, she was censured for her rhetoric on the Israel-Hamas war, which critics condemned as anti-Semitic.
    Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of critic
Noun
  • In addition to Brecht’s typical didacticism, there is a haunting passage for a fishwife whose son died in one of Lucullus’s campaigns.
    Seth Colter Walls, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2020
  • An old fishwife sees a lobster try to escape and whacks it back in with her net.
    Casey Quackenbush / Hong Kong, Time, 12 July 2018
Definition of fishwife
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  • The original premise follows Frankenstein’s monster teaming up with a werewolf, vampire and gorgon to fight Nazis in World War II.
    Selena Kuznikov, Variety, 26 July 2024
  • Those themes are evident in the salon decorated with giant nautilus shells, gorgons of the sea and other old nautical items.
    Chloe Braithwaite, Robb Report, 25 Apr. 2024
Definition of gorgon
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