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
In curdled disposition and shrewishness of tongue, she merited the title.
From The Law of Hemlock Mountain by Hugh Lundsford
My master looked at me with the shrewishness of an elephant.
From Lazarre by Mary Hartwell Catherwood
In the presence of one man, Tennyson, she laid aside her shrewishness: “talking with Alfred Tennyson lifts me out of the earth earthy; a visit to Farringford is like a retreat to the religious.”
From Biographical Study of A.W. Kinglake by William Tuckwell
The second act begins with a scene between Katharine and her sister, which conclusively proves that the reports of the former's shrewishness have not exceeded the truth.
From The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. by J. A. Fuller-Maitland
