shrewd

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• shro͞od
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• /ʃɹuːd/
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From Middle English schrewed (“depraved; wicked”, literally “accursed”), from schrewen (“to curse; beshrew”), from schrewe, schrowe, screwe (“evil or wicked person/thing”), from Old English sċrēawa (“wicked person”, literally “biter”). Equivalent to shrew + -ed. More at shrew. The sense of "cunning" developed in early 16th c., gradually gaining a positive connotation by 17th c.

139 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: حَاذِق (ḥāḏiq) — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• Belarusian: практычны (praktyčny) — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• Belarusian: разважлівы (razvažlivy) — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• Bulgarian: ловък (lovǎk) — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• Catalan: perspicaç — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• Chinese Mandarin: 精明 (jīngmíng) — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• Czech: bystrý — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• Czech: chytrý — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• Danish: klog — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• Dutch: schrander — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• Esperanto: sagaca — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• Finnish: kätevä — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• Finnish: kekseliäs — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• Finnish: neuvokas — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• Finnish: fiksu — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• French: perspicace — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• French: sagace — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• Galician: perspicaz — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• Georgian: მკვეთრი (mḳvetri) — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• German: klug — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• German: clever — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• German: gewitzt — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• Hindi: कुशाग्र (kuśāgra) — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• Hungarian: éles eszű — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• Hungarian: éles elméjű — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• Hungarian: okos — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• Hungarian: élelmes — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• Hungarian: leleményes — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• Hungarian: szemfüles — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• Hungarian: agyafúrt — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• Indonesian: lihai — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• Irish: glic — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• Italian: perspicace — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• Italian: sagace — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• Japanese: 賢明な (kenmei na) — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• Japanese: 賢い (kashikoi) — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• Latin: callidus — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• Macedonian: остро́умен (ostróumen) — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• Māori: rauhanga — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• Māori: mūrere — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• Middle English: sleighte — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• Middle English: sly — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• Norwegian: skarpsindig — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• Persian: رند (rend) — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• Plautdietsch: beschläpen — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• Portuguese: perspicaz — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• Portuguese: sagaz — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• Russian: практи́чный (praktíčnyj) — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• Russian: расчётливый (rasčótlivyj) — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• Russian: проница́тельный (pronicátelʹnyj) — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• Scottish Gaelic: seòlta — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• Scottish Gaelic: glic — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• Spanish: perspicaz — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• Swedish: klok — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• Thai: เฉลียวฉลาด (chà-lǐao-chà-làat) — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• Thai: หลักแหลม (làk-lɛ̌ɛm) — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• Thai: มีไหวพริบ (mii-wǎi-príp) — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• Uyghur: زىرەك (zirek) — showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
• Arabic: نَاصِح (nāṣiḥ) — artful, tricky or cunning
• Arabic: نَبِيه (nabīh) — artful, tricky or cunning
• Bulgarian: хитър (hitǎr) — artful, tricky or cunning
• Bulgarian: отракан (otrakan) — artful, tricky or cunning
• Catalan: astut — artful, tricky or cunning
• Chinese Mandarin: 狡猾 (jiǎohuá) — artful, tricky or cunning
• Czech: mazaný — artful, tricky or cunning
• Czech: vychytralý — artful, tricky or cunning
• Czech: prohnaný — artful, tricky or cunning
• Danish: fiffig — artful, tricky or cunning
• Danish: snu — artful, tricky or cunning
• Danish: listig — artful, tricky or cunning
• Dutch: listig — artful, tricky or cunning
• Dutch: sluw — artful, tricky or cunning
• Finnish: nokkela — artful, tricky or cunning
• Finnish: ovela — artful, tricky or cunning
• Finnish: neuvokas — artful, tricky or cunning
• French: habile — artful, tricky or cunning
• French: roublard — artful, tricky or cunning
• French: futé — artful, tricky or cunning
• French: rusé — artful, tricky or cunning
• Galician: astuto — artful, tricky or cunning
• Galician: pillabán — artful, tricky or cunning
• German: schlau — artful, tricky or cunning
• German: listig — artful, tricky or cunning
• German: raffiniert — artful, tricky or cunning
• Hungarian: ravasz — artful, tricky or cunning
• Hungarian: rafinált — artful, tricky or cunning
• Hungarian: furfangos — artful, tricky or cunning
• Hungarian: cseles — artful, tricky or cunning
• Hungarian: dörzsölt — artful, tricky or cunning
• Indonesian: lihai — artful, tricky or cunning
• Italian: scaltro — artful, tricky or cunning
• Italian: astuto — artful, tricky or cunning
• Japanese: 抜け目のない (nukeme no nai) — artful, tricky or cunning
• Japanese: 狡猾な (kōkatsu na) — artful, tricky or cunning
• Latin: callidus — artful, tricky or cunning
• Latin: versūtus — artful, tricky or cunning
• Macedonian: и́тар (ítar) — artful, tricky or cunning
• Macedonian: сна́одлив (snáodliv) — artful, tricky or cunning
• Macedonian: о́тракан (ótrakan) — artful, tricky or cunning
• Malay: licik — artful, tricky or cunning
• Māori: rauhanga — artful, tricky or cunning
• Occitan: fin — artful, tricky or cunning
• Occitan: astuciós — artful, tricky or cunning
• Occitan: enganaire — artful, tricky or cunning
• Persian: ناقلا (nâqolâ) — artful, tricky or cunning
• Polish: chytry — artful, tricky or cunning
• Polish: cwany — artful, tricky or cunning
• Portuguese: sagaz — artful, tricky or cunning
• Russian: хи́трый (xítryj) — artful, tricky or cunning
• Russian: нахо́дчивый (naxódčivyj) — artful, tricky or cunning
• Russian: уме́лый (umélyj) — artful, tricky or cunning
• Sanskrit: चतुर (catura) — artful, tricky or cunning
• Scottish Gaelic: seòlta — artful, tricky or cunning
• Spanish: astuto — artful, tricky or cunning
• Swedish: listig — artful, tricky or cunning
• Swedish: slug — artful, tricky or cunning
• Swedish: fiffig — artful, tricky or cunning
• Swedish: finurlig — artful, tricky or cunning
• Thai: เจ้าเล่ห์ (jâao-lêe) — artful, tricky or cunning
• Thai: หัวหมอ (hǔua-mɔ̌ɔ) — artful, tricky or cunning
• Thai: ฉลาดแกมโกง (chà-làat-gɛɛm-goong) — artful, tricky or cunning
• Welsh: cyfrwys — artful, tricky or cunning
• Welsh: craff — artful, tricky or cunning
• Welsh: hirben — artful, tricky or cunning
• Bulgarian: нахакан (nahakan) — streetwise
• Catalan: astut — streetwise
• Czech: znalý místních poměrů — streetwise
• Finnish: neuvokas — streetwise
• Finnish: katuviisas — streetwise
• French: malin — streetwise
• French: futé — streetwise
• French: avisé — streetwise
• French: sagace — streetwise
• German: pfiffig — streetwise
• German: gewieft — streetwise
• German: gerissen — streetwise
• Indonesian: lihai — streetwise
• Russian: зна́ющий (znájuščij) — streetwise
• Spanish: astuto — streetwise