'Shrewish' definitions:
Definition of 'shrewish'
From: WordNet
adjective
Continually complaining or faultfinding; "a shrewish wife"; "nagging parents" [syn: shrewish, nagging]
Definition of 'Shrewish'
From: GCIDE
- Shrewish \Shrew"ish\, a. having the qualities of a shrew; having a scolding disposition; froward; peevish. [1913 Webster]
- My wife is shrewish when I keep not hours. --Shak. [1913 Webster] -- {Shrew"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Shrew"ish*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'shrewish'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aggressive,
- bellicose,
- belligerent,
- beyond control,
- bickering,
- breachy,
- catty,
- combative,
- contumacious,
- defiant,
- disputatious,
- divisive,
- eristic,
- factional,
- factious,
- fractious,
- fretful,
- incorrigible,
- indocile,
- indomitable,
- insuppressible,
- intractable,
- irascible,
- irrepressible,
- irritable,
- litigious,
- nagging,
- naggy,
- obstreperous,
- out of hand,
- partisan,
- peevish,
- pettish,
- petulant,
- polarizing,
- polemic,
- pugnacious,
- quarrelsome,
- querulous,
- recalcitrant,
- refractory,
- resentful,
- resistant,
- resisting,
- restive,
- unbiddable,
- uncontrollable,
- ungovernable,
- unmalleable,
- unmanageable,
- unmoldable,
- unruly,
- unsubmissive,
- vixenish,
- vixenly,
- wild,
- wrangling