gorgon

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English - Turkish
çirkin ve korkunç kadın
{i} Gorgon [mit.]
{i} yılan saçlı kadın [mit.]
kendisine her bakanın taş kesildiği farzolunan yılan saş1ı üç kadından biri
gorgo/cadı
çirkin kadın
yılan saçlı kadın
Gorgon
şirret

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Gorgon'lar
(Mitoloji) Phorkos ile Keto'nun üç kızı. Saçları yılandan korkunç bakışlı ifritler. Bunlara bakan taş kesilirmiş. Stheno, Euryale ve Medusa adlarını taşıyan üç kardeşin en kötüsü Medusa idi
English - English
An intimidating, ugly, or disgusting woman

Swilling martinis and spewing venom, Phyllis is a particularly unappetizing gorgon, telling us at one point that an acquaintance of hers is aroused by the Heimlich maneuver. — Washington Post, July 1, 2005.

Like a gorgon; very ugly or terrifying
Vicious female monsters from Greek mythology with sharp fangs and hair of living, venomous snakes
{n} a monster, anything horrid
{a} ugly
{i} any of three monster sisters who have snakes for hair and can transform beholders to stone (Greek Mythology); woman considered to be ugly or frightening
One of three monsters in Greek mythology, the most famous of which was Medusa. According to Hesiod, the three Gorgons were daughters of the sea god Phorcys. Another tradition held that they were created by the earth goddess, Gaea, to aid her sons, the Titans, in their struggle with the gods. Classical art depicts them as winged females with snakes for hair
Like a Gorgon; very ugly or terrific; as, a Gorgon face
three frightful sisters
One of three fabled sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, with snaky hair and of terrific aspect, the sight of whom turned the beholder to stone
Anything very ugly or horrid
The name is particularly given to Medusa
in Greek mythology, the Gorgons were three sisters: to look at them turned one into stone
(Greek mythology) any of three winged sister monsters and the mortal Medusa who had live snakes for hair; a glance at Medusa turned the beholder to stone
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gorgons
plural of gorgon
Turkish - English
Gorgon
gorgon

    Hyphenation

    Gor·gon

    Turkish pronunciation

    gôrgın

    Pronunciation

    /ˈgôrgən/ /ˈɡɔːrɡən/

    Etymology

    [ 'gor-g&n ] (noun.) From Ancient Greek Γοργώ (Gorgō), from γοργός (gorgos, “terrible”).
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