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shrewishness
shrew·ish S0374200 (shro͞o′ĭsh)adj. Ill-tempered; nagging. shrew′ish·ly adv.shrew′ish·ness n.ThesaurusNoun | 1. | shrewishness - a nature given to nagging or scoldingill nature - a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition | TranslationsShrewishness
ShrewishnessSee also Irascibility.Shyness (See TIMIDITY.)Similarity (See TWINS.)Sinfulness (See WICKEDNESS.)Caudle, Mrs. Margaretnagging, complaining wife. [Br. Lit.: The Curtain Lectures, Walsh Modem, 90]Dollallolla, Queeneven King Arthur feared his uxorial virago. [Br. Lit: Tom Thumb the Great]farmer’s wifemakes hell too hot even for the devil, who sends her back home. [Am. Balladry: “The Devil and the Farmer’s Wife”]Frome, Zenobia (Zeena)Ethan Frome’s hypochondriacal, nag ging, belittling wife. [Am. Lit.: Ethan Frome]Galatea19th-century version: nags Pygmalion. [Aust. Operetta: von Suppé, Beautiful Galatea, Westerman, 285]Gargery, Mrs.vixenish wife; keeps husband in thrall. [Br. Lit.: Great Expectations]Katherine“intolerably curst and shrewd and froward.” [Br. Lit.: The Taming of the Shrew]Lisa, DameJurgen’s petulant wife taken from him in gratitude by the Prince of Darkness. [Am. Lit.: Jurgen in Magill I, 464]MacStinger, Mrs.widow; miserable to everyone. [Br. Lit.: Dombey and Son]Momuspersonification of censoriousness, constantly carping, grumbling, and finding fault. [Gk. Myth.: EB (1963) XV, 685]Peninnahcontinually harassed co-wife Hannah about her barrenness. [O. T.: I Samuel 1:6]Proudie, Mrs.aggressive, domineering wife of Bishop Proudie. [Br. Lit.: Trollope Barchester Towers in Magill I, 55]SofroniaNorina, disguised for mock marriage, pretends to be virago. [Ital. Opera: Donizetti, Don Pasquale, Westerman, 123–124]TabithaMr. Bramble’s virago sister; bent on matrimony. [Br. Lit.: Humphry Clinker]Termaganttumultuous Muslim deity (male); today, a virago. [Medieval Lit.: Espy, 125]XanthippeSocrates’ peevish, quarrelsome wife. [Gk. Hist.: Espy, 114]shrewishness Related to shrewishness: undeterred, stirred up, overhypedWords related to shrewishnessnoun a nature given to nagging or scoldingRelated Words |