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shrewish
[shroo-ish]
shrewish
/ ˈʃ°ù³ÜËɪʃ /
adjective
(esp of a woman) bad-tempered and nagging
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- shrewishly adverb
- shrewishness noun
- unshrewish adjective
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Example Sentences
I think about what it is to be a shrew and what goes into making a woman shrewish.
Grandpa had a bad fall, and his shrewish second wife wants him carted off to a nursing home posthaste.
Costa-Jackson goes for a broadly comic and oddly shrewish Musetta, setting aside charm and seductiveness in a role that is set up to walk off with the show in her pocket and often does.
What is the difference between a “thin pretext†and a valid request, other than whether the asker is Philip Roth or his shrewish, sinus-clogged wife?
A woman fights back when her fiance’s shrewish mother tries to destroy their relationship.
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