shrewish

• Veraltetes Adjektiv, das eine Frau beschreibt, die zänkisch, streitsüchtig und nörglerisch ist und häufig schimpft.

An old-fashioned adjective describing a woman who is bad-tempered, nagging, or scolding.

1. Bad-tempered and argumentativeC2formal

   Having a tendency to be constantly complaining, scolding, or finding fault, especially in a sharp or nagging manner.

   zänkisch

   • Her shrewish remarks made everyone in the room uncomfortable.
   • He described his neighbor as a shrewish woman who argued about everything.
   • The character in the play was portrayed as a shrewish wife, always nagging her husband.

   Synonymecantankerousill-temperednaggingquarrelsomescoldingtermagantvixenish

   Antonymeagreeableamiablepleasant