shrewish in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for shrewish in the English»Bulgarian Dictionary

shrewish [ˈʃruːɪʃ] ADJ pej

shrewish

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shrewish

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Translations for shrewish in the Bulgarian»English Dictionary

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shrewish

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Male politicians are engaging in sneaky, catty, weepy, ditzy, shrewish behaviour that is anything but reasonable and impersonal.

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His wife appears to have been shrewish, as well as abusive to their household servants in his absence.

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She was a shrewish and conspiratorial gossip, a cleaning lady who often had her hair in curlers.

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Husband tames shrewish wife by degradation, starvation and isolation.

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She is also cruel and self-serving, with a shrewish temperament.

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Dirty old men, conniving slaves, clueless lovers and shrewish wives.

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She is a sharp, slightly shrewish woman who keeps her staff of two in order.

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He sets about this reluctantly, under pressure from his shrewish and domineering wife.

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It concerns the trials and tribulations of a grocery store owner as he battles a shrewish wife, an incompetent assistant, and assorted annoying children, customers, and salesmen.

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At her most shrewish, she hits, she spits, she makes rude hand gestures.

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