shrewd

Signification (Anglais)

1. Showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters.
2. Artful, tricky or cunning.
3. (informal) streetwise, street-smart.
4. Knowledgeable, intelligent, keen.
5. Nigh accurate.
6. Severe, intense, hard.
7. Sharp, snithy, piercing.
8. (archaic) Bad, evil, threatening.
9. (obsolete) Portending, boding.
10. (archaic) Noxious, scatheful, mischievous.
11. (obsolete) Abusive, shrewish.
12. (archaic) Scolding, satirical, sharp.

Concepts

sagace

astucieux

avisé

futé

rusé

perspicace

habile

intelligent

malin

matois

solidement bâti

coupant

calculateur

sage

sournois

subtil

avec finesse

déliée

brillant

qui a du flair

roublard

fin

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Synonymes

clever

cunning

astute

sharp

crafty

sly

smart

calculating

wise

sagacious

skillful

canny

nimble

cautious

wily

keen

artful

intelligent

tricky

shifty

cagey

bright

foxy

careful

dodgy

acute

scheming

alert

subtle

skilful

quick

prudent

adroit

ingenious

cute

conniving

agile

pawky

resourceful

calculative

dexterous

good

👍

parlous

heady

able

brilliant

guileful

politic

slick

without error

Traductions

schlau

listig

kurnaz

gewieft

gewitzt

gerissen

schlaukopf

hinterlistig

findig

gewiegt

abgefeimt

arglistig

pffifig

scaltro

sagace

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ʃɹuːd/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: schrewed

Hérité de ancien anglais: sċrēawa

In summary

From Middle English schrewed (“depraved; wicked”, literally “accursed”), from schrewen (“to curse; beshrew”), from schrewe, schrowe, screwe (“evil or wicked person/thing”), from Old English sċrēawa (“wicked person”, literally “biter”). Equivalent to shrew + -ed. More at shrew.
The sense of "cunning" developed in early 16ᵗʰ c., gradually gaining a positive connotation by 17ᵗʰ c.