bitchy attitude
- noun
- Offensive
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actitud de mala leche (informal)
- Her bitchy attitude made working with her extremely difficult for the whole team.
Examples
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Sometimes his bitchy attitude gets him into trouble with friends and colleagues.
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Her bitchy attitude made it hard for us to work together.
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The manager didn't tolerate anyone with a bitchy attitude in the office.
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Why does she always have a bitchy attitude?
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Her bitchy attitude made it difficult for anyone to enjoy the meeting.
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He often displays a bitchy attitude when he doesn't get his way.
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I could sense her bitchy attitude through her sarcastic comments during dinner.
Synonyms
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9.9
Treating other people in an unkind, harsh way
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6.1
A habit of speaking in a harsh, critical way
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8.5
A way of behaving that is mean and hurtful to other people
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9.9
Very rude and hurtful behavior by someone who acts too proud and thinks they are better than others
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4.6
A way of acting that is rude and unpleasant 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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9.9
Being easily annoyed, stubborn, and hard to get along with
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8.6
Rude, unfriendly behavior that makes other people feel unwelcome
Mean words or actions that secretly hurt people in a social group
A very rude, mean way of behaving toward other people
A consistently unfriendly and angry way of acting
A state of being very rude and unpleasant to other people
Rude, arrogant behaviour that hurts or annoys people
A bold, rude way of behaving that upsets people
Talking in a rude, bold way that challenges people
A very bad, annoying way of behaving that upsets other people
A rude, annoying way of behaving that makes other people feel uncomfortable
Antonyms
How Spiteful
- Offensive
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7.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is directly compositional: an 'attitude' described as 'bitchy' is simply an attitude that is spiteful, snide, or rude. A learner who knows the adjective 'bitchy' and the noun 'attitude' can readily derive the meaning, so the expression is transparently built from its parts.
Etymology
The phrase bitchy attitude comes from the word bitch, which once meant a 'female dog', and people used the image of a snapping, angry dog to describe someone who speaks or acts in a mean way. So, bitchy attitude means a rude, hurtful way of behaving.