Thesaurus:shrew

Thesaurus:shrew

THESAURUS

shrew

English

Synonyms

• battle axe

• bitch

• cat    [WS]

• dragon

• faggot (UK & Ireland, obsolete)

• fishwife

• harpy

• harridan

• hellcat

• jade

• nag

• nudnik

• scold

• she-devil

• shrew

• termagant

• virago

• vixen

• witch

Archetypes

• Megaera

• Xanthippe

Hyponyms

• grimalkin (archaic)

• madam

Hypernyms

• complainer    [WS]

• jerk    [WS]

• woman    [WS]

Various

• banshee

• blowsabella (obsolete)

• fury

• hothead

• hotspur

• hoyden

• spitfire

Further reading

• “901. irascibility” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “shrew” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.