shrewish
adjective
having the disposition of a shrew.
shrewishness
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a word derived from
shrewish.
Example Sentences
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Parthenia's shrewishness only hastens their marriage, in a sleepy village church.
From Time Magazine Archive
As time went on and developed the sweetness of Pete, the man grew more and more distasteful to her, and she broke into fits of shrewishness.
From The Manxman A Novel - 1895 by Sir Hall Caine
The weather had broken, and the sharp wind was almost autumnal in its shrewishness.
From The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
For in that she said she would cast away all her old shrewishness, therein I daresay she sported.
From Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation With Modifications To Obsolete Language By Monica Stevens by Monica Stevens
Care and fear and shrewishness dropped like a mask from every face.
From The Promised Land by Mary Antin
