biddy

Examples

• All

• Who was the old biddy who clobbered me on the head with the teapot?

  The Eternal (1998)

• The neighborhood was filled with chatter from the old biddy who seemed to know everyone's business.

• We thought the old biddy had a few bucks, but not a fortune.

  Fiction book (1995)

• I think that old biddy went on strike, laid down her teeth in protest.

  Matewan (1987)

• Bunch of old biddies playing cards.

  Compulsion (1959)

• "For the first time, the old biddy appeared flustered.

  Fiction book (1998)

• These two old biddies with all these cats.

  Practical Magic (1998)

• Vince, watch out for the old biddy.

  Doghouse (2009)

• The old biddies also usually knew all the gossip.

  Fiction book (1999)

• There was always at least one old biddy in the neighborhood who felt compelled to get some firsthand knowledge when a crime had been committed.

  Fiction book (1999)

Synonyms

L

little old lady

vsbiddy

• Informal

24 4.2

An older woman who seems gentle and harmless

is more negative highlighting nosiness and meddling rather than harmlessness

O

old broad

vsbiddy

• Offensive

5 9.5

An informal rude word for an older woman who is tough and speaks her mind

focuses on being nosy and meddling rather than being tough

A

abuelita

vsbiddy

• Informal

1 9.7

A loving name for an older woman used like a grandmother

is informal and often criticizes focusing on gossip and meddling

Antonyms

Y

young woman

519 1.0

A female person in her teens or twenties

Y

youth

101 1.0

A young person, often a boy or young man

Idioms

C

to call someone a biddy

• Slur

9.9

Say that an older woman is foolish or annoying in a mean way

Compounds

O

old biddy

• Slur

6 9.9

An unpleasant older woman who is fussy and nosy

How Unpleasant

crone

• Offensive

12 9.5

marm

• Slur

9.9

biddy

• Slur

11 9.6

matron

6 6.9

lady

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology