a hysterical hag/nag

He was kidding. (I think.) We were discussing Hillary’s latest hurdle: the Old Hag routine.

When men want to put down a powerful woman in a sexist way, they will say she’s a hag or a nag or a witch or angry or hysterical.

Op-Ed Columnist Rush to Judgment

By MAUREEN DOWD Published: December 19, 2007 紐約時報

hag Show phonetics
noun [C] DISAPPROVING
an ugly old woman

nag (HORSE) Show phonetics
noun [C]
a horse, especially one that is too old to be useful

Definition

hysteria Show phonetics
noun [U]
extreme fear, excitement, anger, etc. which cannot be controlled:
One woman, close to hysteria, grabbed my arm.
Tabloid hysteria about the murders has increased public fears.
mass hysteria

hysterical Show phonetics
adjective
1 unable to control your feelings or behaviour because you are extremely frightened, angry, excited, etc:
Calm down, you're getting hysterical.
The police were accused of hysterical over-reaction.
hysterical laughter (= uncontrolled laughter)

2 INFORMAL extremely funny:
His last film was hysterical.

hysterically Show phonetics
adverb
She started laughing/crying hysterically (= without control).

hysterics Show phonetics
plural noun
1 uncontrolled behaviour or crying, usually caused by extreme fear or sadness:
Convinced the plane was about to crash, many people were sobbing and in hysterics.

2 INFORMAL uncontrolled laughter:
He was hilarious - he had us all in hysterics.


(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)