gorgonlike

English

Etymology

gorgon +‎ -like

Adjective

gorgonlike (comparative more gorgonlike, superlative most gorgonlike)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a gorgon.
   • 1997, Patrick M. Horan, The Importance of Being Paradoxical, page 109:

     When Wilde originally wrote Earnest he never intended Lady Bracknell to be quite so gorgonlike. She became the stereotyped domineering and antagonistic mother-in-law in George Alexander's "reworked" version.