shrewish

(Anglès)

1. Of or pertaining to a shrew (a nagging, ill-tempered woman).
2. Bad-tempered; ill-natured; obstinate, as a shrew.

Etimologia (Anglès)

Cognat amb anglès mitjà: schrewis

In summary

From shrew + -ish. Compare Middle English schrewis, shrewessh, shrewyssh (“wicked, malignant”).

Sinònims

quarrelsome

peevish

cantankerous

termagant

nagging

cranky

cross

currish

disputatious

fractious

fretful

grouching

grumble

meddlesome

morose

pettish

recalcitrant

scrappy

sharp-tongued

splenetic

sullen

surly

testy

untoward

vixenish

waspish

wayward

illtempered

splenish

bloody-minded

shrewlike

captious

clamorous

contentious

crabbed

Traduccions

feeksachtig

acariâtre

regañón

aksi

petulante

megera

perversa

assillante

bisbetico

camorrista

peleón

pendenciero

aksi huylu oluş

cadı

cırlak