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old woman

old woman noun: an elderly woman.

Noun

old woman (countable and uncountable, plural old women)

  1. (literally) An elderly woman.
  2. (countable, derogatory, informal) A person (irrespective of age or sex) who is always complaining about his or her situation.
    • Stop being such an old woman and get on with it.
  3. (countable, informal, slang) One's wife.
  4. (countable, informal, slang) One's mother.
  5. (uncountable) The plant sea wormwood.

old woman meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu

old woman in Hindi

elderly woman
बुढ़िया buṛhiyā

old woman in Tamil

elderly woman
மூதாட்டி mūtāṭṭi

old woman in Urdu

elderly woman
بُڑھِیا buṛhiyā, پِیرْزَن pīrzan, پِیر زَن pīr zan, عَجُوز 'ajūz

old woman in Telugu

elderly woman
వృద్ధురాలు vr̥ddhurālu
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old woman in Malayalam
വൃദ്ധ vr̥ddha, വയോധിക vayōdhika
old woman in Kannada
ಕಿಳವಿ, ಕೆಳವಿ
old woman in Punjabi
بڈھی buḍḍhī
old woman in Assamese
বুঢ়ী burhi
old woman in Nepali
बुढी buḍhī
old woman in Pashto
بوډخه būḍǝ́xa
old woman in Arabic
عَجُوز ʕajūz
old woman in Indonesian
ibu tua
old woman in Thai
แม่แก่, ยายแก่, หญิงแก่
old woman in Vietnamese
bà lão, bà già
old woman in Myanmar
အဘွားကြီး a.bhwa:kri:, အမယ်ကြီး a.mai-kri:, အဘွားအို a.bhwa:ui

Synonyms of old woman

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All synonyms and antonyms of old woman

Forms of old woman

pluralold women

Words formed from old woman

Questions about old woman

What does old woman mean?
Old woman means an elderly woman.
What is old woman in Hindi?
Old woman in Hindi is बुढ़िया (buṛhiyā). See Old woman meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is old woman?
Old woman is a noun.
What is the plural of old woman?
The plural of old woman is old women.

Words near old woman in the dictionary

  1. old wives' tale
  2. old wives' tales
  3. old wivish
  4. Old Woking
  5. Old Wolverton
  6. old woman
  7. old woman's tooth
  8. old women
  9. Old Woodhall
  10. Old World
  11. Old World blackbird

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Adapted from Wiktionary: old woman (page history and authors); old woman (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); بڈھی (Punjabi) (page history and authors); বুঢ়ী (Assamese) (page history and authors); बुढी (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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