Synonyms for shrewish
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : shroo-ish |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃru ɪʃ |
Définition of shrewish
Origin :- late 14c., "wicked, malignant," from shrew + -ish. Of women, "malignant and scolding," from 1560s. Related: Shrewishly; shrewishness.
- adj evil-tempered
- But that same reseit, iff your Honner so please, to cure a shrewish wife.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- Do they not sometimes get called waspish and shrewish by virtue of their very chastity?
- Extract from : « Plutarch's Morals » by Plutarch
- Look at her—isn't it awfully good—just like a shrewish woman.
- Extract from : « The Rainbow » by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
- A lackey—That is Jeppe on the Hill, who has the shrewish wife.
- Extract from : « Jeppe on the Hill » by Ludvig Holberg
- He gets the hottest tea and the nicest morsels from the shrewish woman.
- Extract from : « Iconoclasts » by James Huneker
- Puppet to a father's threat and servile to a mother's shrewish tongue.
- Extract from : « Flowers of Freethought » by George W. Foote
- Even the forewoman, who was thin-lipped and shrewish, seemed a little afraid of her.
- Extract from : « The Beggar Man » by Ruby Mildred Ayres
- Show her the curse of a shrewish temper, and the blessing of cheerfulness.
- Extract from : « Thelma » by Marie Corelli
- Just now, a coating of lather covered his shrewish underjaw.
- Extract from : « The Blue Pavilions » by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
- An Adela would certainly have berated him in her shrewish, thin tones.
- Extract from : « The Roll-Call » by Arnold Bennett
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