Definition for Shrewish:

• having the qualities of a shrew; having a scolding disposition; froward; peevish.

Synonyms for Shrewish:

• adj.

  •evil-tempered (adjective)
  • ill-tempered.
  •quick-tempered (adjective)
  • shorttempered,
  • ex-citable,
  • in-flammable,
  • quicktempered,
  • hot tempered,
  • in flammable,
  • quick tempered,
  • ex citable,
  • short tempered,
  • most splenetic.

• n.

  •
  • volatile,
  • truculent,
  • contentious,
  • cantankerous,
  • contrarian,
  • confrontational,
  • argumentative,
  • contrary.
  •bitchy (noun)
  • bitchy.

• Other synonyms:

  •adj.
  • temperamental,
  • quick-tempered,
  • hottempered.
  •n.
  • aggressive,
  • bellicose,
  • belligerent,
  • beyond control,
  • bickering,
  • brawling,
  • catty,
  • clamorous,
  • combative,
  • contumacious,
  • defiant,
  • disputatious,
  • divisive,
  • factious,
  • fractious,
  • fretful,
  • ill-natured,
  • incorrigible,
  • indocile,
  • indomitable,
  • intractable,
  • irascible,
  • irrepressible,
  • irritable,
  • litigious,
  • nagging,
  • obstreperous,
  • out of hand,
  • partisan,
  • peevish,
  • pettish,
  • petulant,
  • polemic,
  • pugnacious,
  • quarrelsome,
  • querulous,
  • recalcitrant,
  • refractory,
  • resentful,
  • resistant,
  • restive,
  • termagant,
  • uncontrollable,
  • ungovernable,
  • unmalleable,
  • unmanageable,
  • unruly,
  • unsubmissive,
  • vixenish,
  • wild,
  • wrangling,
  • Breachy,
  • Eristic,
  • Insuppressible,
  • Naggy,
  • Polarizing,
  • Resisting,
  • Vixenly,
  • factional,
  • unbiddable,
  • unmoldable.

Antonyms for Shrewish:

• adj.

  • Other antonyms:
    good-natured.

Shrewish Sentence Examples:

• Eleanore came to have a feeling of horror at the sight or thought of Philippina; she was dismayed too when, despite the darkness, she noticed the shrewish look of incorrigible wickedness in Philippina’ s face.

• But over all this came the shrill shrewish tones of a woman.

Homophones for Shrewish:

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