shrew

  • 61shrew — noun 1》 a small mouse like insectivorous mammal with a long pointed snout and tiny eyes. [Family Soricidae: many species.] 2》 a bad tempered or aggressively assertive woman. Derivatives shrewish adjective shrewishly adverb shrewishness noun… …

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  • 62shrew — noun (C) 1 a very small animal like a mouse with a long pointed nose 2 old use an unpleasant woman who always argues and disagrees with people …

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  • 63shrew — n virago, termagant, harpy, fury; vixen, spitfire, she wolf, hell cat, tigress; haridan, witch, orgress, old cat, brimstone; hag, crone, beldam, Sl. bitch; nag, Inf. biddy, Inf. old biddy; scold, common scold, fish wife; grouch, crab, grumbler;… …

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  • 64shrew — A small mammal, having a reputation for malignancy. A common scold. 15 Am J2d Com S § 2 …

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  • 65Earth shrew — Shrew Shrew, n. [See {Shrew}, a.] 1. Originally, a brawling, turbulent, vexatious person of either sex, but now restricted in use to females; a brawler; a scold. [1913 Webster] A man . . . grudgeth that shrews [i. e., bad men] have prosperity, or …

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  • 66Elephant shrew — Shrew Shrew, n. [See {Shrew}, a.] 1. Originally, a brawling, turbulent, vexatious person of either sex, but now restricted in use to females; a brawler; a scold. [1913 Webster] A man . . . grudgeth that shrews [i. e., bad men] have prosperity, or …

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  • 67Jumping shrew — Shrew Shrew, n. [See {Shrew}, a.] 1. Originally, a brawling, turbulent, vexatious person of either sex, but now restricted in use to females; a brawler; a scold. [1913 Webster] A man . . . grudgeth that shrews [i. e., bad men] have prosperity, or …

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  • 68Mole shrew — Shrew Shrew, n. [See {Shrew}, a.] 1. Originally, a brawling, turbulent, vexatious person of either sex, but now restricted in use to females; a brawler; a scold. [1913 Webster] A man . . . grudgeth that shrews [i. e., bad men] have prosperity, or …

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  • 69Musk shrew — Shrew Shrew, n. [See {Shrew}, a.] 1. Originally, a brawling, turbulent, vexatious person of either sex, but now restricted in use to females; a brawler; a scold. [1913 Webster] A man . . . grudgeth that shrews [i. e., bad men] have prosperity, or …

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  • 70River shrew — Shrew Shrew, n. [See {Shrew}, a.] 1. Originally, a brawling, turbulent, vexatious person of either sex, but now restricted in use to females; a brawler; a scold. [1913 Webster] A man . . . grudgeth that shrews [i. e., bad men] have prosperity, or …

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