shrew
Meanings
Plural: shrews
Noun
- a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman
- small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles
- Any of numerous small, mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the family Soricidae.
- Certain other small mammals that resemble true shrews.
- An ill-tempered, nagging woman: a scold.
Verb
- To beshrew; to curse.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English *schrewe, from Old English sċrēawa (“shrew”), from Proto-Germanic *skrawwaz (“thin; meagre; frail”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut; shorten; skimp”). Cognates include Old High German scrawaz (“dwarf”), Norwegian skrugg (“dwarf”).
Synonyms
battle axe, bitch, brim, brimstone, cat, crow, dragon, faggot, fishwife, harpy, harridan, hellcat, jade, nag, nudnik, ranny, scold, she-devil, shrew, shrewmouse, soricid, termagant, virago, vixen, witch
Scrabble Score: 11
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