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 [ʃruː]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Also called shrewmouse any small mouse-like long-snouted mammal, such as Sorex araneus (common shrew), of the family Soricidae: order Insectivora (insectivores) See also water shrew Related adj soricine

2. a bad-tempered or mean-spirited woman

[Old English scrēawa; related to Old High German scrawaz dwarf, Icelandic skröggr old man, Norwegian skrugg dwarf]

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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shrew¹

noun nag, fury, dragon (informal), spitfire, virago, vixen, harpy, harridan, termagant (rare), scold, Xanthippe, ballbreaker (slang) After the first visit he announced that his stepmother was a shrew.

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shrew² noun

Related words
adjective soricine

Shrews and other insectivores

desman, elephant shrew, mole, moon rat, shrew or shrewmouse, shrew mole, solenodon, star-nosed mole, tenrec, tree shrew, water shrew

Translations

shrew [ʃruː] N

1. (Zool) → musaraña f

2. (fig) (pej) (= woman) → arpía f, fiera f
"The Taming of the Shrew" → "La fierecilla domada"

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shrew [ˈʃruː] n

(= animal) → musaraigne f

(= bad-tempered woman) → mégère f

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shrew

n → Spitzmaus f; (fig) → Xanthippe f; “The Taming of the Shrew” (Liter) → „Der Widerspenstigen Zähmung“

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shrew [ʃruː] n (Zool) → toporagno (fig) (pej) (woman) → strega

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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. skeerbekmuis الزّبابه: حيوان يُشْبِه الفِئْران зоол. земеровка rejsek spidsmus die Spitzmaus μυγαλή (είδος τρωκτικού) musaraña karihiir حشره خور päästäinen musaraigne חַדַף छछूंदर rovka cickány sejenis tikus snjáldra, snjáldurmús toporagno とがりねずみ 뾰족뒤쥐 kirstukas cirslis; (amer.) kurmis tikus kesturi spitsmuis spissmus ryjówka musaranho şoarece de câmp землеройка piskor rovka rovčica näbbmus สัตว์กินแมลงคล้ายหนู kır faresi 鼩鼱，錢鼠 землерийка نکیلی تھوتنی کا ممیلیہ chuột chù 鼩鼱

2 an old word for an unpleasant woman with a violent temper and sharp tongue. helleveeg, feeks إمْرأه سَليطَة اللسان وشَرِسَة الطِّباع зла жена dračice, zlá, hubatá ženská rivejern die Schrule στρίγκλα arpía, bruja, fiera mõrd زن سليطه mégère מִרשַעַת चण्डी, लड़ाकी स्त्री zla žena, goropadnica hárpia wanita cerewet bisbetica がみがみ女 잔소리가 심한 여자 pasiutėlė spītniece; kašķa sieva perempuan bengis feeks, heks rivjern (kvinne) jędza, złośnica мегера diablica, dračica zoprnica, furija zloća argbigga, ragata ผู้หญิงปากร้ายหรืออารมณ์ร้าย şirret, cadoloz 潑婦 сварлива жінка جھگڑالو، بدزبان عورت người đàn bà đanh đá 泼妇