shrew /ʃɹuː/noun 3verb 1forms 3 noun3 •Any of numerous small, mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the family Soricidae. •Certain other small mammals that resemble true shrews. •(offensive) An ill-tempered, nagging woman: a scold.The clerk had, I'm afraid, a shrew of a wife—shrill, vehement, and fluent. 'Rogue,' 'old miser,' 'old sneak,' and a great many worse names, she called him. — 1863 verb1 •(no longer used) To beshrew; to curse.I shrew myself. — 1542 formsshrewed · shrewing · shrews
