bitchery
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈbɪtʃəri/
- Offensive
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mezquindad
- The teacher addressed the students about their petty bitchery during group projects.
Examples
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Her remarks were filled with bitchery, aimed at undermining his confidence.
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Three square meals of bitchery all summer long... ...but I kept my head down and my mouth shut.
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When he wrote romances, he bludgeoned whole chapters to death with a stack of research books as high as it was dry, but when he wrote reviews, he was the undefeated master of a myriad barbed bitcheries.
Fiction book (1999) -
The constant bitchery in the office made it a toxic environment for everyone.
Synonyms
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9.9
Treating other people in an unkind, harsh way
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9.5
Bitter, angry language that attacks people
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5.4
Being unkind on purpose to other people
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8.5
A way of behaving that is mean and hurtful to other people
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6.7
Saying unpleasant things about someone who is not present
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8.1
Saying small mean things to hurt someone in a quiet way
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8.1
A mocking way of speaking that shows dislike or disrespect
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8.6
Rude, unfriendly behavior that makes other people feel unwelcome
A rude, spiteful way of speaking that uses mean, cutting remarks
Mean words or actions that secretly hurt people in a social group
Antonyms
How Spiteful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word bitchery comes from bitch (originally a 'female dog') plus the ending -ery, which turns a word into a noun for a kind of behavior, as in witchery. So bitchery means mean, petty talk and behavior meant to hurt or upset people.