Contentious
Contentious adjective - Feeling or displaying eagerness to fight.
Shrewish and contentious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shrewish" instead an adjective "Contentious".
Nearby Word: contention
Shrewish
Shrewish adjective - Continually complaining or faultfinding.
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Synonyms for Shrewish
Contentious and shrewish are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contentious" instead an adjective "Shrewish".
Nearby Word: shrew
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Related pairs
- passionate and contentious
- passionate and shrewish
- irritable and contentious
- irritable and shrewish
- ill-tempered and contentious
- ill-tempered and shrewish
- disagreeable and contentious
- disagreeable and shrewish
- testy and contentious
- testy and shrewish
- touchy and contentious
- touchy and shrewish
- fractious and contentious
- fractious and shrewish
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