shrewish
English
adj
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to a shrew a nagging, ill-tempered woman.
- bad-Bad-tempered; ill-natured; obstinate, as a shrew.
Etymology
Suffix from English shrew.
Origin
English
shrew
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- beshrew English
- shrew English
- shrewd English
- shrewishly English
- shrewishness English
- shrewlike English
- shrewmouse English
- unshrewish English
- *schrewe Middle English