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SHREWISH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does shrewish mean?
• SHREWISH (adjective)
The adjective SHREWISH has 1 sense:
1. continually complaining or faultfinding
Familiarity information: SHREWISH used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Continually complaining or faultfinding
Synonyms:
nagging; shrewish
Context example:
nagging parents
Similar:
ill-natured (having an irritable and unpleasant disposition)
Derivation:
shrewishness (a nature given to nagging or scolding)
Context examples
They have a sharp, shrewish look, which I do not like at all; and in her air altogether there is a self-sufficiency without fashion, which is intolerable.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
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