shrewish
/ˈʃruːɪʃ/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈʃruːɪʃ/
shrewish
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Clear final sound
shre - wish -> shrewish
Myanmar meaning
Full entry
၁။ ကြွက်စုတ်။
၂။ (dated ) အပေါက်ဆိုးသည့် အမျိုးသမီး။
❏ shrewish adj စိတ်ဆိုးတတ်သော (အထူးသဖြင့်အမျိုးသမီး)။
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- shrew /ʃru:/ n ၁။ ကြွက်စုတ်။ ၂။ ( dated ) အပေါက်ဆိုးသည့် အမျိုးသမီး။ ❏ shrewish adj စိတ်ဆိုးတတ်သော (အထူးသဖြင့်အမျိုးသမီး)။
Synonyms
amazon, backbiter, battle-ax, biddy, bitch, calumniator, carper, detractor, dragon, fire-eater, fishwife, fury, harpy, harridan, hell cat, hellion, hussy, madcap, mean lady, muckraker, nag, ogress, old biddy, porcupine, reviler, scold, she-devil, she-wolf, siren, spitfire, termagant, tigress, virago, vituperator, vixen, wench
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