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Search phrase: shrewish

Plays

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
The Comedy of ErrorsCE III.i.2My wife is shrewish when I keep not hours.My wife is shrewish when I keepe not howres; 
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND III.ii.301I have no gift at all in shrewishness.I haue no gift at all in shrewishnesse;
Twelfth NightTN I.v.155and he speaks very shrewishly. One wouldand he speakes verie shrewishly: One would

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Glossary

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curstbad-tempered, quarrelsome, shrewish, cross
shrewdshrewish, bad-tempered, difficult
shrewishlylike a woman, shrilly, sharply

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shrewishcurst
shrewishshrewd

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
SHREWBASICshrewish adj, shrewishly adv, shrewishness n

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