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Bitch

/bɪt͡s/

(dog-breeding) A female dog or other canine, particularly a recent mother.

📖 Definitions of "Bitch"

noun
  1. 1

    (dog-breeding) A female dog or other canine, particularly a recent mother.

    "My bitch just had puppies; they're so cute!"

  2. 2

    A promiscuous woman, slut, whore.

  3. 3

    A despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, usually a woman.

    "Ann gossiped about me and mocked my work; sometimes she can be a real bitch!"

  4. 4

    A woman.

verb
  1. 1

    To behave or act as a bitch.

  2. 2

    To criticize spitefully, often for the sake of complaining rather than in order to have the problem corrected.

    "All you ever do is bitch about the food I cook for you!"

  3. 3

    To spoil, to ruin.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Bitch"

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beefnoun(uncountable) The meat from cattle or other bovines.
cuntnoun(countable, literally) The female genitalia, especially the vulva.
squawknounA shrill noise, especially made by a voice or bird. If made by a bird, it typically signals discomfort or anger; a yell, scream, or call.
kicknounA hit or strike with the leg, foot or knee.
gripenounA complaint, often a petty or trivial one.
backbitenounOne who engages in backbiting; a backbiter.
hagnoun(derogatory) An ugly old woman.
harpynoun(mythology) A mythological creature generally depicted as a bird-of-prey with the head of a maiden, a face pale with hunger and long claws on her hands personifying the destructive power of storm winds.
harridannounA vicious and scolding woman, especially an older one.
shrewnoun(derogatory) An ill-tempered, nagging woman: a scold.
witchnounA person (now usually particularly a woman) who uses magical or similar supernatural powers to influence or predict events.
nagnoun(ambitransitive) To repeatedly remind or complain to (someone) in an annoying way, often about insignificant or unnecessary matters.
scoldverb(ambitransitive) To rebuke angrily.
termagantnoun(specifically, derogatory) A censorious, nagging, and quarrelsome woman; a scold, a shrew.
viragonounA woman who is scolding, domineering, or highly opinionated.
vixennounA female fox.
slutnoun(vulgar, often derogatory) A sexually promiscuous woman.
whorenounSynonym of prostitute: a person (especially a woman) who offers sexual services for payment.
trampnoun(sometimes derogatory) A homeless person; a vagabond.
trollopnoun(derogatory) A strumpet; a whore.

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