adj wicked; malicious.
2. shrew ·adj to beshrew; to curse.
3. shrew ·adj originally, a brawling, turbulent, vexatious person of either sex, but now restricted in use to females; a brawler; a scold.
4. shrew ·adj any small insectivore of the genus sorex and several allied genera of the family sorecidae. in form and color they resemble mice, but they have a longer and more pointed nose. some of them are the smallest of all mammals.