shrewish Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite continually complaining or faultfinding
    nagging.
    • a shrewish wife
    • nagging parents

WordNet


Shrew"ish adjective
Definitions
  1. having the qualities of a shrew; having a scolding disposition; froward; peevish.
    My wife is shrewish when I keep not hours. Shak.
    -- Shrew"ish*ly, adv. -- Shrew"ish*ness, n.

Webster 1913