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shrew·ish [ˈʃru:ɪʃ] ADJ pej

shrewish

zänkisch pej

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

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

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

Husband tames shrewish wife by degradation, starvation and isolation. www.thenownewspaper.com

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

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

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

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. en.wikipedia.org

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

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

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