Definitions for shrewish

shrewish shrew·ish

Spelling: [shroo-ish]
IPA: /ˈʃru ɪʃ/

Shrewish is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 121 anagrams from letters in shrewish (ehhirssw).

Definitions for shrewish

adjective

  1. having the disposition of a shrew.

Origin of shrewish

Middle English word dating back to 1325-75; See origin at shrew1, -ish1

Examples for shrewish

Look at her—isn't it awfully good—just like a shrewish woman.

Even the forewoman, who was thin-lipped and shrewish, seemed a little afraid of her.

He gets the hottest tea and the nicest morsels from the shrewish woman.

A lackey—That is Jeppe on the Hill, who has the shrewish wife.

But that same reseit, iff your Honner so please, to cure a shrewish wife.

Show her the curse of a shrewish temper, and the blessing of cheerfulness.

As played by Jessalyn Gilsig, Terri is “the shrewish, nagging wife from hell,” as Maureen Ryan of the Chicago Tribune wrote.

Puppet to a father's threat and servile to a mother's shrewish tongue.

Just now, a coating of lather covered his shrewish underjaw.

Do they not sometimes get called waspish and shrewish by virtue of their very chastity?

Word Value for shrewish
Scrable

17

Words with friends

15

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