Shrewish
Shrewish adjective - Continually complaining or faultfinding.
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Tetchy and shrewish are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tetchy" instead an adjective "Shrewish".
Nearby Word: shrew
Tetchy
Tetchy adjective - Easily offended.
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Related pairs
- irritable and shrewish
- irritable and tetchy
- cranky and shrewish
- cranky and tetchy
- ill-tempered and shrewish
- ill-tempered and tetchy
- short-tempered and shrewish
- short-tempered and tetchy
- testy and shrewish
- testy and tetchy
- touchy and shrewish
- touchy and tetchy
- fractious and shrewish
- fractious and tetchy
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