[ adj ] continually complaining or faultfinding <adj.all> a shrewish wifenagging parents
Shrewish \Shrew"ish\, a. having the qualities of a shrew; having a scolding disposition; froward; peevish.
My wife is shrewish when I keep not hours. --Shak. ※ -- {Shrew"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Shrew"ish*ness}, n.
The role was created on stage by Estelle Getty who gave the part a vulnerability missing from the shrewish interpretation chosen by Bancroft and director Paul Bogart.
Marcia Lewis makes a wonderful Golde, shrewish yet ultimately sympathetic.