shrewish

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Of or pertaining to a shrew, a nagging, ill-tempered woman
{a} like a shrew, peevish, cross
a shrewish woman is one who always argues and disagrees with people
{s} evil-tempered, quarrelsome, nagging
continually complaining or faultfinding; "a shrewish wife"; "nagging parents"
having the qualities of a shrew; having a scolding disposition; froward; peevish
continually complaining or faultfinding; "a shrewish wife"; "nagging parents
shrew
An ill-tempered, nagging woman: a scold

One of Shakespeare’s plays is The Taming of the Shrew.

shrew
{a} having the qualities of a shrew, cunning, artful, sly, subtle, pinching, painful
shrew
{n} a peevish, vexatious woman, an animal like a mouse
shrew
Originally, a brawling, turbulent, vexatious person of either sex, but now restricted in use to females; a brawler; a scold
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A shrew is a small brown animal like a mouse with a long pointed nose. Any of more than 300 species of small insectivores constituting the family Soricidae. About 40% of these species live in Africa, but shrews are also found throughout the Northern Hemisphere. Shrews are absent from Australia and most of South America. They have tiny eyes and ears, a movable snout, and long, hook-tipped incisors. Typically 2 to 3 in. (6 to 8 cm) long, with a shorter tail, many shrews weigh only about 0.5 oz (14 g). Some are considered the smallest mammals, weighing only a few grams, with bodies less than 2 in. long. Most species live in ground litter, but some live in burrows or trees and a few are semiaquatic. Because they are so small, shrews have the highest metabolic rates of any mammals (with pulses as high as 800 beats per minute). They spend most of their time searching for food, as they can survive only a few hours without eating. Their normal prey is invertebrates such as worms, though some will eat other small animals as well. Some species have toxic saliva (painful to humans). Raptors and snakes eat shrews, but mammals avoid them. Tree shrews (family Tupaiidae) belong to a separate mammalian order (Scandentia) unrelated to true shrews
shrew
Any small insectivore of the genus Sorex and several allied genera of the family Sorecidæ
shrew
a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman
shrew
small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles
shrew
{i} small mouselike mammal with a long snout; rebellious woman, nagging woman, evil-tempered woman (derogatory)
shrew
small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman
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Some of them are the smallest of all mammals
shrew
Wicked; malicious
shrew
Any of numerous small mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the family Soricidae
shrew
To beshrew; to curse
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In form and color they resemble mice, but they have a longer and more pointed nose
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