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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. continually complaining or faultfinding;
- Example: "a shrewish wife"
- Example: "nagging parents"
[syn: shrewish, nagging]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Shrewish \Shrew"ish\, a.
   having the qualities of a shrew; having a scolding
   disposition; froward; peevish.
   [1913 Webster]

         My wife is shrewish when I keep not hours. --Shak.
   [1913 Webster] -- Shrew"ish*ly, adv. -- Shrew"ish*ness,
   n.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

shrewish
    adj 1: continually complaining or faultfinding; "a shrewish
           wife"; "nagging parents" [syn: shrewish, nagging]