OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 3756

shrew

/ʃɹuː/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
musaraña
Any of numerous small, mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the family Soricidae.
arpía • bruja
An ill-tempered, nagging woman: a scold.
His wife was a shrew with warts on her face and she spoke to him sharply when others were present, but Simcha did not complain.
The clerk had, I'm afraid, a shrew of a wife—shrill, vehement, and fluent. 'Rogue,' 'old miser,' 'old sneak,' and a great many worse names, she called him.
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