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showy adj. flashy, garish, flamboyant, conspicuous, ostentatious,
pretentious, bravura, gaudy, US show-off; elaborate, fancy,
florid, ornate, fussy, intricate, baroque, rococo, Byzantine,
arabesque: Their house is very showy, with gargoyles and lions
and unicorns everywhere you look.
shred n. 1 scrap, fragment, bit, tatter, sliver, snippet, rag,
remnant, chip, piece; atom, trace, whit, grain, jot or tittle,
scintilla, trace, hint, suggestion, iota, speck: We found
shreds from his shirt caught on the thorn-bushes. There isn't a
shred of evidence to suggest that she killed him.
--v. 2 fragment, tear (up), tatter, rip (up); destroy,
demolish; throw away, dispose of, scrap, US trash: At the news
of the break-in, he dashed to his office and shredded the
incriminating evidence.
shrew n. harridan, virago, termagant, vixen, scold, fishwife, nag,
fury, spitfire, maenad, harpy, witch, hag, crone, hell-cat,
beldam, bitch, banshee, Xanthippe, Thyiad or Thyad, Colloq
battleaxe, dragon: His mother is an old shrew who does nothing
but complain all the time.
shrewd adj. clever, smart, astute, cunning, canny, acute, sharp,
keen-minded, keen, quick-witted, crafty, artful, manipulative,
calculating, calculated, foxy, sly, wily, perceptive,
percipient, perspicacious, discerning, wise, sage, sagacious,
long-headed, intelligent, ingenious, Daedalian, inventive,
resourceful: He is a shrewd politician, very good at knowing
exactly what people want to hear him say.
shriek n. 1 scream, cry, screech, squeal, squawk, squall: The girls
collapsed in shrieks of laughter.
--v. 2 scream, cry, screech, squeal, squawk, squall: It is
very boring to listen to one's neighbours shrieking at each
other day and night.
shrill adj. high-pitched, ear-splitting, piercing, ear-piercing,
sharp, piping, screeching, screechy, penetrating: She let out a
shrill cry when she saw what had happened.
shrink v. 1 wither, shrivel (up), contract: My woollen pullover