Hypertext Webster Gateway: "shrewish"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Shrewish \Shrew"ish\, a.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
shrewish
adj : continually complaining or faultfinding; "a shrewish wife";
"nagging parents" [syn: {nagging}]
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