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shrewish


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shrewish  \Shrew"ish\,  a. 
  having  the  qualities  of  a  shrew;  having  a  scolding 
  disposition;  froward;  peevish. 
 
  My  wife  is  shrewish  when  I  keep  not  hours.  --Shak. 
  --  {Shrew"ish*ly},  adv  --  {Shrew"ish*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  shrewish 
  adj  :  continually  complaining  or  faultfinding;  "a  shrewish  wife"; 
  "nagging  parents"  [syn:  {nagging}] 




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