All he would have left would be a shrewish woman to sit on his double throne.

She worked most successfully during this period as a radio comedienne playing assorted guest parts, typically as a shrewish woman.

It occurred to Meralda that the shrewish woman had obviously sensed the palpable tension between the couple.

She is a sharp, slightly shrewish woman who keeps her staff of two in order.

In the 1936 film Rembrandt she is depicted as a highly unpleasant, shrewish and conniving woman.

Griet was a disparaging name given to any bad-tempered, shrewish woman.

Look at her-isn't it awfully good-just like a shrewish woman.

A manipulative, shrewish woman who is loathed by even her husband.

Her beauty disguised a shrewish, ambitious woman whose concern for her husband's career masked a burning desire to reach a higher social level.

'It would seem, the dubious pleasure of spending time with a shrewish and ill-tempered woman,' he told her.