Definition of Shrewishness

1. Noun. A nature given to nagging or scolding.

Generic synonyms: Ill Nature
Derivative terms: Shrewish

Definition of Shrewishness

1. Noun. The quality of being shrewish. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shrewishness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shrewishness

shreward
shrewards
shrewd
shrewder
shrewdest
shrewdie
shrewdies
shrewdish
shrewdly
shrewdness
shrewdnesses
shrewed
shrewing
shrewish
shrewishly
shrewishness (current term)
shrewishnesses
shrewlike
shrewmice
shrewmouse
shrews
shri
shriech
shrieched
shrieches
shriek
shrieked
shrieker
shriekers
shriekfest

Literary usage of Shrewishness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers, Thomas Thomson (1853)
"The argument that shrewishness spoils a young lady's looks, and ought therefore to be avoided, ... shrewishness ..."

2. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers (1835)
"... shrewishness spoils a young lady's looks, and ought therefore to be avoided, coming as it does from a little fellow of twelve to a girl about his own ..."

3. The Metropolitan (1847)
"... great acerbity and shrewishness of disposition, and manifold powers of aggravating her personal friends and neighbours, by aid of the said shrewishness, ..."

4. Shakespeare on the Stage. 2d Series by William Winter (1915)
"This subject of feminine shrewishness, the disorder being in fact a malady, cannot be deemed agreeable, and it would be offensive on the stage, if seriously ..."

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