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shrewishness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | ill nature |
| Derivation | shrewish |
Examples of shrewishness
shrewishness
The country's womenfolk match men's obnoxious behavior with a reflexive shrewishness.
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Iris Lieberman brings a pragmatic, loving shrewishness to Golda, his wife.
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After a cold, silent taxi ride home, they go around and around, hours past her green-eyed shrewishness and his poker-faced denials of any attraction.
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- A nature given to nagging or scolding
- (shrewish) continually complaining or faultfinding; "a shrewish wife"; "nagging parents"
- (shrewish) Of or pertaining to a shrew, a nagging, ill-tempered woman
