Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "shrew" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

Bendire's shrew Elliot's short-tailed shrew Etruscan shrew Himalayan shrew Jesus shrew McCarthy's shrew Nelson's small-eared shrew Pearson's long-clawed shrew Sado shrew Saint Lawrence Island shrew Sierra shrew Tate's shrew rat West Indies shrew armored shrew common shrew elephant shrew erd shrew hardishrew hero shrew house shrew jumping shrew marsh shrew marsupial shrew mole shrew musk shrew northern tree shrew ornate shrew otter shrew red-toothed shrew shrew mole shrew opossum shrew possum shrew-faced squirrel shrew-run shrewd shrewish shrewmouse slender shrew tree shrew tree-shrew treeshrew true shrew tule shrew water shrew

Context

pejorative

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

complainer disagreeable person insectivore jerk unpleasant person woman

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

common shrew grimalkin madam

Type Of (IsA)

insectivore mammal rodent unpleasant woman

Related Terms

banshee blowsabella fury hothead hotspur hoyden spitfire

Related Terms

beshrew curse mouselike nocturnal scold soricidae soricomorpha

Synonym Network

ranny

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