Shrew

Noun

 * 1) Any of numerous small mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the family Soricidae.
 * 2) An ill-tempered, nagging woman: a scold.
 * One of Shakespeare’s plays is The Taming of the Shrew

Synonyms

 * ranny

Derived terms

 * elephant shrew
 * hardishrew
 * jumping shrew


 * Nelson’s small-eared shrew
 * shrew-run
 * shrewd
 * shrewish

Adjectives for Shrew
chirping; aquatic; occasional; ferret; curst; humorous; noisy; blatant; clamant; raucous.

Thesaurus
Chiroptera, Lagomorpha, Primates, Rodentia, Xanthippe, amazon, banshee, battle-ax, beldam, bitch, cat, common scold, crone, dragon, fishwife, fury, hag, harpy, harridan, nag, ogress, scold, she-devil, she-wolf, spitfire, termagant, tigress, virago, vixen, witch

Etymology
screawa:, of unknown origin.

Translations

 * Albanian: hundëgjati xhuxh
 * Basque: satitsu
 * Belarusian: буразубка
 * Bosnian: rovčica
 * Breton: minoc'h korrik
 * Bulgarian: земеровка
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 鼩鼱, 尖鼠
 * Croatian:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: soriko
 * Estonian: karihiir
 * Faroese: trantmús
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: musaraño, musgaño
 * German:
 * Greek: νανομυγαλίδα
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: snjáldurmús, snjáldra
 * Irish: dallóg fhraoigh
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: トガリネズミ, 尖鼠


 * Korean:
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: cirslis
 * Lithuanian: kirstukas
 * Macedonian: ровка
 * Maltese: ġurdiem ta' geddumu twil
 * Navajo:
 * Norwegian: spissmus
 * Occitan:
 * Persian: موش شبگرد
 * Polish: ryjówka
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Sami: beaiskonjunni, vánddis
 * Scottish Gaelic: dallag-an-fhraoich
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: ровчица
 * Roman: rovčica
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: musaraña
 * Swedish: näbbmus
 * Turkish: kir faresi
 * Ukrainian: землерийка
 * Welsh: llyg
 * West Frisian: pipermûs


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 潑婦, 泼妇
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * French:, mégère


 * German: Megäre
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: мегера,
 * Spanish: ,