How is the word сварливый translated from Russian to English

English translation
Shrewish
adjective

Злобный и вечно недовольный.

Bad-tempered and always complaining.

Examples with “сварливый”

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  • Пьеса высмеивает сварливую жену. — The play mocks a shrewish wife.

  • Когда принесли счёт, её голос стал сварливым. — Her voice turned shrewish when the bill came.

  • Хозяйка квартиры всегда была такой сварливой? — Was the landlady always so shrewish?

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