Having the qualities of a shrew; vexatious; troublesome; mischievous. Obs.

Sly; cunning; arch; subtil; artful; astute; as a shrewd man.

Sagacious; of nice discernment; as a shrewd observer of men.

Proceeding from cunning or sagacity, or containing it; as a shrewd saying; a shrewd conjecture.

Painful; vexatious; troublesome. Every of this number' . That have endured shrewd nights and days with us. Obs. No enemy is so despicable but he may do one a shrewd turn. Obs. L’Estrange.