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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. an ugly evil-looking old woman;
[syn: hag, beldam, beldame, witch, crone]

2. a woman of advanced age;
[syn: beldam, beldame]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Beldam \Bel"dam\ Beldame \Bel"dame\, n. [Pref. bel-, denoting relationship + dame mother: cf. F. belledame fair lady, It. belladonna. See Belle, and Dame.] [1913 Webster] 1. Grandmother; -- corresponding to belsire. [1913 Webster] To show the beldam daughters of her daughter. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. An old woman in general; especially, an ugly old woman; a hag. Syn: hag, beldam, witch, crone. [1913 Webster] Around the beldam all erect they hang. --Akenside. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

beldam n 1: an ugly evil-looking old woman [syn: hag, beldam, beldame, witch, crone] 2: a woman of advanced age [syn: beldam, beldame]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

91 Moby Thesaurus words for "beldam": Jezebel, Mafioso, Young Turk, bag, bat, battle-ax, beast, berserk, berserker, biddy, bitch, bitch-kitty, bomber, brute, cat, common scold, crone, dame, demon, devil, dowager, drab, dragon, fiend, fire-eater, firebrand, fishwife, frump, fury, gammer, goon, gorilla, grandam, grandmother, granny, grimalkin, gunsel, hag, hardnose, hell-raiser, hellcat, hellhag, hellhound, hellion, holy terror, hood, hoodlum, hothead, hotspur, incendiary, killer, mad dog, madcap, matriarch, matron, monster, mugger, old battle-ax, old dame, old girl, old granny, old lady, old trot, old wife, old woman, rapist, revolutionary, savage, scold, she-devil, she-wolf, shrew, siren, spitfire, termagant, terror, terrorist, tiger, tigress, tough, tough guy, trot, ugly customer, violent, virago, vixen, war-horse, wild beast, wildcat, witch, wolf