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.
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.
Ушлые торговцы обманывают простых покупателей каждый день.
Shrewd traders deceive ordinary customers every day.
Благодаря догадливости она быстро нашла выход.
Thanks to her shrewdness, she quickly found a way out.
В саду живёт маленькая землеройка.
A little shrew lives in the garden.
Дети нашли землеройку под камнем.
The children found a shrew under a stone.
Он проницательно угадал причину её молчания.
He shrewdly guessed the reason for her silence.



















