SHREWISH


Meaning of SHREWISH in English

ˈshrüish, -üēsh, esp South ˈsrü-, dial ˈswü- adjective

: resembling or having the characteristics of a shrew : ill-tempered , intractable

a small, shrewish woman with … eyes which boded temper — Dorothy Sayers

her shrewish tongue — Peggy Durdin

the shrewish river — Murray Schumach

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