Definition of shrew

• a. - Wicked; malicious.
• a. - Originally, a brawling, turbulent, vexatious person of either sex, but now restricted in use to females; a brawler; a scold.
• a. - 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.
• a. - To beshrew; to curse.