shrewnoun [ C ]
uk/ʃruː/us/ʃruː/shrew noun [ C ] (ANIMAL)
an animal like a small mouse but with a longer pointed nose and small eyes
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Rodents & similar animals
- beaver
- bunny
- chinchilla
- chipmunk
- coney
- cony
- coypu
- gopher
- groundhog
- guinea pig
- hamster
- hare
- marmot
- mice
- mole
- mouse
- prairie dog
- rabbit
- rat
- woodchuck
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shrew noun [ C ] (WOMAN)
old-fashioned disapproving an unpleasant woman who is easily annoyed and who argues a lot
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Unpleasant women
- bag
- battleaxe
- bitch
- cow
- crone
- dog
- dragon
- fishwife
- hag
- harpy
- harridan
- misandry
- she-devil
- termagant
- trout
- virago
- vixen
- witch
shrewish
adjective uk/ˈʃruː.ɪʃ/us/ˈʃruː.ɪʃ/disapproving