Word Meanings - SHREW - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Wicked; malicious. Chaucer.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of SHREW)

• Virago
• Termagant
• vixen
• scold
• shrew
• Jezebel

Related words: (words related to SHREW)

• SCOLDER
  1. One who scolds. The oyster catcher; -- so called from its shrill cries. The old squaw.
• SHREW
  Wicked; malicious. Chaucer.
• VIRAGO
  1. A woman of extraordinary stature, strength, and courage; a woman who has the robust body and masculine mind of a man; a female warrior. To arms! to arms! the fierce virago cries. Pope. 2. Hence, a mannish woman; a bold, turbulent woman;
• SCOLDINGLY
  In a scolding manner.
• VIXENLY
  Like a vixen; vixenish. Barrow.
• VIXEN
  1. A female fox. 2. A cross, ill-tempered person; -- formerly used of either sex, now only of a woman. Barrow. She was a vixen when she went to school. Shak.
• SCOLDING
  a. & n. from Scold, v. Scolding bridle, an iron frame. See Brank, n., 2.
• TERMAGANT
  1. An imaginary being supposed by the Christians to be a Mohammedan deity or false god. He is represented in the ancient moralities, farces, and puppet shows as extremely vociferous and tumultous. Chaucer. "And oftentimes by Termagant and Mahound
• SCOLD
  To find fault or rail with rude clamor; to brawl; to utter harsh, rude, boisterous rebuke; to chide sharply or coarsely; -- often with at; as, to scold at a servant. Pardon me, lords, 't is the first time ever I was forced to scold. Shak.
• SHREWISH
  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.
• VIXENISH
  Of or pertaining to a vixen; resembling a vixen.
• SHREWMOUSE
  A shrew; especially, the erd shrew.
• SHREWD
  1. Inclining to shrew; disposing to curse or scold; hence, vicious; malicious; evil; wicked; mischievous; vexatious; rough; unfair; shrewish. Chaucer. hath many shrewd havens, because of the great rocks that ben strong and dangerous to pass by.
• JEZEBEL
  A bold, vicious woman; a termagant. Spectator.
• WATER SHREW
  Any one of several species of shrews having fringed feet and capable of swimming actively. The two common European species are the best known. The most common American water shrew, or marsh shrew , is rarely seen, owing to its nocturnal habits.
• BESHREW
  To curse; to execrate. Beshrew me, but I love her heartily. Shak. Note: Often a very mild form of imprecation; sometimes so far from implying a curse, as to be uttered coaxingly, nay even with some tenderness. Schmidt.
• OUTSCOLD
  To exceed in scolding. Shak.