cattiness
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8.1
- noun
- /ˈkæt̬i.nəs/
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malicia
- Despite their sweet smiles, there was an undercurrent of cattiness in the way they spoke about each other's success.
Because we all know that there is a cattiness and a jealousy that is inherent in women from birth.
- Because we all know that there is a cattiness and a jealousy that is inherent in women from birth.
Examples
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She was amazed that her mind was racing on at this level of trivial cattiness when the man was before her like this: grave, respectful, and infatuated, all too willing to worship her.
Fiction book (1998) -
I was in my school's theater program and saw a lot of cattiness, undermining, and cruelty—all the hallmarks of bullying.
Blog text (9) -
Gossip and cattiness are ugly; choose to be beautiful.
Blog text (21) -
Birth is beautiful, birth is a miracle, and let's look at the beauty and stop with the cattiness.
Blog text (4) -
Wow, wow, wow, the cattiness astounds me!
Blog text (4) -
I hate the shrill laughter and the cattiness.
Blog text (26) -
Doctors and other RNs are very "unprofessional"; a lot of yelling and cattiness goes on.
Blog text (25) -
Her cattiness came through in the subtle remarks she made about her colleague's outfit.
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The cattiness displayed during the meeting made it clear there was tension among the team members.
Synonyms
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4.4
A feeling of wanting to hurt or annoy someone
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4.8
Mean or cruel behavior meant to hurt someone
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8.8
A bitter, angry feeling shown in words or actions
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6.2
Being too worried about small unimportant things and not generous
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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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9.9
A way of talking and acting that is mean and hurts people
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7.4
A wish to hurt, upset, or annoy other people
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8.1
A mocking way of speaking that shows dislike or disrespect
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9.8
A sharp, bitter way of speaking that hurts people
Mean words or actions that secretly hurt people in a social group
Being unkind and cruel to other people on purpose
A harsh tone in speech or writing that hurts people
A sharp, bitter way of speaking that hurts people
Antonyms
How Spiteful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cattiness comes from cat with the endings -y and -ness, literally meaning 'cat-like'. Think of a cat's hiss or sudden scratch: a catty remark is a small, mean comment, so cattiness is the habit of saying sly or spiteful things.