Shrew

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various small, chiefly insectivorous mammals of the family Soricidae, resembling a mouse but having a long pointed snout and small eyes and ears. Also called shrewmouse.
  • n. A woman with a violent, scolding, or nagging temperament; a scold.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any of numerous small mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the family Soricidae.
  • n. An ill-tempered, nagging woman: a scold.
  • v. To beshrew; to curse.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Wicked; malicious.
  • n. Originally, a brawling, turbulent, vexatious person of either sex, but now restricted in use to females; a brawler; a scold.
  • n. Any small insectivore of the genus Sorex and several allied genera of the family Sorecidæ. In form and color they resemble mice, but they have a longer and more pointed nose. Some of them are the smallest of all mammals.
  • v. To beshrew; to curse.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A wicked or evil person; a malignant person.
  • n. A woman of a perverse, violent, or malignant temper; a scold; a termagant.
  • n. An evil thing; a great danger.
  • n. A planet of evil or malignant aspect or influence.
  • Wicked; evil; ill-natured; unkind.
  • To make evil; deprave.
  • To curse; beshrew.
  • n. A small insectivorous mammal of the genus Sorex or family Soricidæ; a shrew-mouse.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman
  • n. small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles
  • Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    wicked    malicious    brawler    scold    beshrew    curse    termagant    virago    vixen    cotquean   
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