shrew russian
землеро́йка
shrew
злю́ка
malicious creature, shrew
злю́чка
malicious creature, shrew
меге́ра
shrew, termagant, scold
гры́мза
grumpy old woman, shrew, hag, biddy
хаба́лка
loud vulgar woman
fishwife, shrew
до́шлый
cunning, shrewd
проница́тельный
perceptive, perspicacious, acute, shrewd, astute
и́тар
sly / cunning
shrewd, quick-witted, prudent
сварли́вый
quarrelsome, peevish, shrewish, cantankerous
дога́дливый
quick-witted, keen-witted, quick of apprehension, on the uptake, shrewd, penetrating
про́йда
slicker, cunning person, shrewd person, old hand
ушлый
cunning, shrewd
дога́дливость
quickness of apprehension, shrewdness, penetration, acumen
сварли́вость
quarrelsomeness, peevishness, shrewishness
проницательно
perceptively, keenly, shrewdly, sagaciously
стерво́зный
bitchy, shrewish, nasty, spiteful
кру́ченный
twisted, spun, braided, curled
tricky, cunning, shrewd, (sports) curved, spinning, screwball
навострённый
sharpened, whetted, honed
pricked up (ears), alert, attentive
sharp, cunning, shrewd, astute
отёртый
shrewd, experienced, worldly-wise, slick, cunning
просечённый
cleared, cut through, blazed
perforated, punched
savvy, experienced, shrewd, street-smart
просёкший
astute, shrewd, having realized, having understood
Examples
He is shrewd and calculating.
Том был проница́тельным бизнесме́ном и его компа́ния непрерывно развива́лась день ото дня.
Tom was a shrewd businessman and his company went from strength to strength.
Том расчётливый бизнесме́н.
Tom is a shrewd businessman.
Ка́рликовая многозубка — самое ма́ленькое по ве́су млекопитающее. Она ве́сит всего 1,8 гра́мма.
The Etruscan shrew is the smallest mammal by weight. It only weighs 1.8 grammes.
На кра́ю дороги лежа́ла до́хлая землеро́йка.
At the edge of the road laid a dead shrew.
