1. shrewish - Adjective
2. shrewish - Adjective Satellite
having the qualities of a shrew; having a scolding disposition; froward; peevish.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThus night with all her snares passed through the upper world and baited all heads sweetly, fed all foolish hopes, for night can bring to men all shrewish day denies, wrapped as a gift in the green leaves of opiate dream. Nikos Kazantzakis
I hate and despise a shrewish suspicion of foreigners and foreign ways; a man who can look me in the face, laugh with me, speak truth and deal fairly, is my brother, though his skin is as black as ink or as yellow as an evening primrose. H. G. Wells
a shrewish wife Source: Internet
nagging parents Source: Internet
A happy ending prevails for all – except for poor Senex, stuck with his shrewish wife Domina. Source: Internet
A manipulative, shrewish woman who is loathed by even her husband. Source: Internet