shrewish
Example Sentences
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Grandpa had a bad fall, and his shrewish second wife wants him carted off to a nursing home posthaste.
From Washington Post
The rejected women appear shrewish, needy, shallow or boring.
From New York Times
It’s a shrewish moment that you wish could be balanced by more insights into the pilots’ quieter, more private moments.
From Los Angeles Times
“Vinegar Girl,” her 21st novel, drags shrewish Kate into the modern age.
From Washington Post
And, in one of the more baffling choices, it seems that Trump is really digging into the notion that male infidelity is not the fault of the cheating husbands, but of shrewish wives.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
