Gorgon
Classical Mythology. any of three sister monsters commonly represented as having snakes for hair, wings, brazen claws, and eyes that turned anyone looking into them to stone. Medusa, the only mortal Gorgon, was beheaded by Perseus.
(lowercase) a mean, ugly, or repulsive woman.
Origin of Gorgon
1Other words from Gorgon
- Gor·go·ni·an [gawr-goh-nee-uhn], /gɔrˈgoʊ ni ən/, adjective
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How to use Gorgon in a sentence
In Greek mythology, the Gorgon Medusa had the face of a woman and poisonous snakes for hair; her glance could turn men to stone.
Military drones, with ominous code names like Gorgon Stare and Constant Hawk, can monitor movement across an entire urban area.
Unfortunately the journal says very little of the Gorgon's voyage home.
Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora | Edward EdwardsBut the messenger of the gods bade him have no fear, for he himself had come to help in the perilous quest for the Gorgon's head.
Stories of Old Greece and Rome | Emilie Kip BakerCatching up the cloak in which he had wrapped the Gorgon's head, he cried: "Whoever is my friend, let him turn away his eyes."
Stories of Old Greece and Rome | Emilie Kip Baker
In Gruenwald's eyes, the only difference between me and Medusa the Gorgon was that looking at me did not turn him to stone.
Highways in Hiding | George Oliver SmithShe has no beauty; and as for Gorgon, the creature has a look of timid softness in waiting behind her rocky eyes.
The Amazing Marriage, Complete | George Meredith
British Dictionary definitions for Gorgon
/ (ˈɡɔːɡən) /
Greek myth any of three winged monstrous sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, who had live snakes for hair, huge teeth, and brazen claws
(often not capital) informal a fierce or unpleasant woman
Origin of Gorgon
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