shrew
noun [C] (WOMAN) /ʃruː/ old-fashioned disapprovingDefinition
› an unpleasant woman who is easily annoyed and who argues a lotUnpleasant women shrewish /ˈʃruː.ɪʃ/ adjective disapproving
(Definition of shrew noun (WOMAN) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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