shrewish in English
adjective
1
(of a woman) bad-tempered or aggressively assertive.
his shrewish wife
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1. 5 Even her own party considered her shrewish and nagging,(www.Sentencedict.com) and cold-shouldered her in the corridors.
2. Considered one of Shakespeare's Bawdier works, the play describes the volatile courtship between the shrewish Katharina and the canny Petruchio, who is determined to subdue Katharina's legendary temper and win her dowry