shrew

shrew  (shr)

n.

1. Any of various small, chiefly insectivorous mammals of the family Soricidae, resembling a mouse but having a long pointed snout and small eyes and ears. Also called shrewmouse.

2. A woman with a violent, scolding, or nagging temperament; a scold.

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[Middle English shrewe, villian, from Old English scrawa, shrewmouse.]

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shrew

Noun

1. a small mouselike animal with a long snout

2. a bad-tempered nagging woman [Old English scrēawa]

shrewish adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	shrew - a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman termagant disagreeable woman, unpleasant woman - a woman who is an unpleasant person virago - a noisy or scolding or domineering woman yenta - (Yiddish) a vulgar shrew; a shallow coarse termagant
	2.	shrew - small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles shrewmouse insectivore - small insect-eating mainly nocturnal terrestrial or fossorial mammals family Soricidae, Soricidae - shrews common shrew, Sorex araneus - common American shrew masked shrew, Sorex cinereus - commonest shrew of moist habitats in North America Blarina brevicauda, short-tailed shrew - North American shrew with tail less than half its body length water shrew - any of several small semiaquatic shrews usually living near swift-flowing streams Cryptotis parva, least shrew - small brown shrew of grassy regions of eastern United States

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shrew ¹

noun nag, fury, dragon (informal) spitfire, virago, vixen, harpy, harridan, termagant (rare) scold, Xanthippe

Translations

shrew [ʃruː] n (Zool) → Spitzmaus f;

(pej) (woman) → Xanthippe f

shrew [ʃruː] n (ZOOL) → toporagno;

(fig) (pej) (woman) → strega

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shrew

n shrew [ʃruː]

1 a type of small mouse-like animal with a long, pointed nose. skeerbekmuisالزّبابه: حيوان يُشْبِه الفِئْرانзоол. земеровкаrejsekspidsmusdie Spitzmausμυγαλή (είδος τρωκτικού)musarañakarihiirحشره خورpäästäinenmusaraigneחַדַףछछूंदरrovkacickánysejenis tikussnjáldra, snjáldurmústoporagnoとがりねずみ뒤쥐(식충 포유동물)kirstukascirslis; (amer.) kurmistikus kesturispitsmuisspissmusryjówkamusaranhoşoarece de câmpземлеройкаpiskorrovkarovčicanäbbmusสัตว์กินแมลงคล้ายหนูkır faresi鼩鼱землерийкаنکیلی تھوتنی کا ممیلیہchuột chù鼩鼱

2 an old word for an unpleasant woman with a violent temper and sharp tongue. helleveeg, feeksإمْرأه سَليطَة اللسان وشَرِسَة الطِّباعзла женаdračice, zlá, hubatá ženskárivejerndie Schruleστρίγκλαarpía, bruja, fieramõrdزن سليطهmégèreמִרשַעַתचण्डी, लड़ाकी स्त्रीzla žena, goropadnicahárpiawanita cerewetbisbeticaがみがみ女pasiutėlėspītniece; kašķa sievaperempuan bengisfeeks, heksrivjern (kvinne)jędza, złośnicaмегераdiablica, dračicazoprnica, furijazloćaargbigga, ragataผู้หญิงปากร้ายหรืออารมณ์ร้ายşirret, cadoloz潑婦сварлива жінкаجھگڑالو، بدزبان عورتngười đàn bà đanh đá泼妇