Cross
Shrewish
Shrewish adjective - Continually complaining or faultfinding.
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Synonyms for Shrewish
Cross and shrewish are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cross" instead an adjective "Shrewish".
Nearby Word: shrew
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Related pairs
- irritable and cross
- irritable and shrewish
- cranky and cross
- cranky and shrewish
- ill-tempered and cross
- ill-tempered and shrewish
- short-tempered and cross
- short-tempered and shrewish
- testy and cross
- testy and shrewish
- fractious and cross
- fractious and shrewish
- irascible and cross
- irascible and shrewish
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