·adj Wicked; malicious.
II. Shrew ·adj To Beshrew; to Curse.
III. Shrew ·adj Originally, a brawling, turbulent, vexatious person of either sex, but now restricted in use to females; a brawler; a scold.
IV. Shrew ·adj Any small insectivore of the genus Sorex and several allied genera of the family Sorecidae. In form and color they resemble mice, but they have a longer and more pointed nose. Some of them are the smallest of all mammals.