shrewish
pronunciation
How to pronounce shrewish in British English:
UK [ˈʃru:ɪʃ]
How to pronounce shrewish in American English:
US [ˈʃruɪʃ]
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- Adjective:
- continually complaining or faultfinding
Word Origin
- shrewish (adj.)
- late 14c., "wicked, malignant," from shrew + -ish. Of women, "malignant and scolding," from 1560s. Related: Shrewishly; shrewishness.
Example
- 1. Screamed the shrewish voice from the telescreen .
- 2. The battles within the women 's movement contrib-uted to the shrewish image of feminism that still lin-gers today .
- 3. Although he felt some of the newly appointed political commissar of the teasel act , but like his shrewish .
- 4. Would he leave his shrewish wife , sell the two lions and live like a king ?