Translations for „shrewish“ in the English » Arabic Dictionary

shrewish ADJ

shrewish

سَلِيط

shrewish

رديء الطبع

shrewish (relations)

سَلْط

shrewish (relations)

وَقِح

shrewish (relations)

طَوِيلُ اللِّسان

shrewish LAW

ناشِز

shrewish LAW

زَوْجَةٌ ناشِز

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

However, she is shrewish and ill-tempered, and no man desires to marry her.

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

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Not simply condoning his mischief but actively coercing him into it, she's the refreshing polar opposite of the shrewish-wife archetype.

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

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Husband tames shrewish wife by degradation, starvation and isolation.

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

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

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