cattiness

[kat-ee]

cat·ty

1[kat-ee]
adjective, cat·ti·er, cat·ti·est.
1.
catlike; feline.
2.
slyly malicious; spiteful: a catty gossip.

Origin:
1885–90; cat1 + -y1

cat·ti·ly, adverb
cat·ti·ness, noun


2. mean, nasty, malevolent; bitchy.

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catty or cattish1 (ˈkætɪ)
 
adj , -tier, -tiest
1.  informal spiteful: a catty remark
2.  of or resembling a cat
 
cattish or cattish1
 
adj
 
'cattily or cattish1
 
adv
 
'cattishly or cattish1
 
adv
 
'cattiness or cattish1
 
n
 
'cattishness or cattish1
 
n

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