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Definition of shrewish adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

shrewish

adjective

/ˈʃruːɪʃ/

/ˈʃruːɪʃ/

(old-fashioned)

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an offensive word to describe an angry unpleasant womanTopics Opinion and argumentc2

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