Definition of beshrew in US English:
beshrew
verb bəˈʃrubəˈSHro͞obəˈʃru
[with object]archaic 1Make wicked; deprave.
Example sentencesExamples
- If she keep not promise I will beshrew her head!
2Invoke evil upon; curse; blame for a misfortune.
Example sentencesExamples
- "Beshrew the old fool!" muttered Sir William Howe, growing impatient of her obstinacy, and ashamed of the emotion into which he had been betrayed.
- Beshrew her heart, what a fright she put me to!
- 'Beshrew the old hag that told me that he was affected with leprosy! Surely, that is a lie against him, for this is not the voice of one who hath such a disease.
- And she beshrewed herself for so unkindly judging of his unkindness.
- "Beshrew the fellow," I said to myself as I left him, carefully closing the door, so that the sound should not shake him; "he is little better than a woman, and yet I have become as fond of him as though he were my brother."