Thesaurus results for SHREW

shrew

noun

ˈshrü

as in harridan

a bad-tempered scolding woman Rip Van Winkle went off into the mountains to escape his wife, a shrew who made his life miserable

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Recent Examples of shrew Cats can kill between 6.3 billion and 22.3 billion mammals a year, mainly mice, voles, shrews, squirrels and rabbits, an article from Catster reported. —

Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025 Its other name, the four-toed elephant shrew, refers to its trunk-like snout. —

Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2025 There have been a few seasons of the show in which men (see: season five Cole) are portrayed as innocent but good-hearted idiots and women as harsh shrews. —

Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 31 Oct. 2024 Revolutionizing Fossil Analysis with X-Ray Imaging The concept arose almost by chance when Ian Corfe was probing shrew teeth at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in France (synchrotrons are high-powered instruments that use X-ray beams). —

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And Day, with a face of expressive misery and the energy of an imploding firecracker, portrays her as a shrewd fusion of harridan and victim.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 Aug. 2024
The subtext throughout is that Tendler is a harridan, a domineering scold.

— Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 16 Aug. 2024