Defenition of the word shrew

• Defenition of the word shrew

  • A vicious and scolding woman, especially an older one.
  • small mouselike long-snouted mammal related to moles
  • a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman
  • small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles

Synonyms for the word shrew

• • shrewmouse
  • termagant

Meronymys for the word shrew

• • family Soricidae
  • Soricidae

Hyponyms for the word shrew

• • Blarina brevicauda
  • common shrew
  • Cryptotis parva
  • least shrew
  • masked shrew
  • short-tailed shrew
  • Sorex araneus
  • Sorex cinereus
  • virago
  • water shrew
  • yenta

Hypernyms for the word shrew

• • disagreeable woman
  • insectivore
  • unpleasant woman

See other words

• • What is shoulder blade
  • The definition of shot to the head
  • The interpretation of the word shot peening
  • What is meant by shot in the neck
  • The lexical meaning shot in the leg
  • The dictionary meaning of the word shot in the head
  • The grammatical meaning of the word shortpastry
  • Meaning of the word shortener
  • Literal and figurative meaning of the word short-sleeved
  • The origin of the word shrimp paste
  • Synonym for the word shrimp sauce
  • Antonyms for the word shtetl
  • Homonyms for the word shy back
  • Hyponyms for the word sialadenitis
  • Holonyms for the word sialagogue
  • Hypernyms for the word sib
  • Proverbs and sayings for the word sibilant
  • Translation of the word in other languages sibilant consonant