shrewish

/ʃɹˈuːɪʃ/

[adjective]

shrewish

[ADJECTIVE]

(of a woman) aggressive, unpleasant, and always arguing

synonyms : nagging

Examples

1. She's the shrewish difficult older sister.

2. Historians have generally described Thutmose II as frail and ineffectual, just the sort of person a supposedly shrewish Hatshepsut could push around.

3. In others, the female lead really does want to get married to the male lead, but is reflexively bitter and defensive - or shrewish, as the saying goes.