= shrewd, adj. (in various senses); wicked, evil-disposed; bad; shrewish, ill-tempered.

Given to railing or scolding; shrewish. Obsolete.

That scolds.

Of a woman: relating to or resembling a shrew; having the character or disposition of a shrew; given to or characterized by scolding.

attributive, chiefly appositive, as virago family, virago girl, virago heroine, etc.; also virago-strain.

Appositive, of persons, = vixenish, adj. 1.

spec. Of a woman or a woman's disposition, speech, etc.: shrewish, scolding.

Resembling a vixen in disposition.

Of a woman: nagging, scolding. Also: cheeky, impertinent.

Characteristic of a rudas; hag-like, ugly; (of a woman) bad-mannered, belligerent. Frequently in conjunction with old. Now rare and archaic.

resembling, or of the nature of, a termagant.

Resembling a vixen in disposition; cross, ill-tempered, snappish.