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Catty

/ˈkæti/

(of a person or remark) With subtle hostility in an effort to hurt, annoy or upset, particularly among women.

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📖 Definitions of "Catty"

adjective

1
(of a person or remark) With subtle hostility in an effort to hurt, annoy or upset, particularly among women.
2
Resembling or characteristic of a cat.
"a catty smell"

🔄 Synonyms of "Catty"

5 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
malevolent	Having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others.
malicious	Intending to do harm; characterized by spite and malice.
bitchy	(colloquial) Spiteful or malevolent; catty; malicious; unpleasant.
cattish	catlike; in the manner of a cat
cattienoun	Archaic form of catty (“Chinese unit of weight”). [A (unit of) weight used in China which is metricated in Mainland China as exactly 0.5 kg, and approximately 0.6 kg for other places.]

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Catty"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
bitchy	(colloquial) Spiteful or malevolent; catty; malicious; unpleasant.
malevolent	Having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others.
malicious	Intending to do harm; characterized by spite and malice.
cattishnoun	catlike; in the manner of a cat
cattienoun	Archaic form of catty (“Chinese unit of weight”). [A (unit of) weight used in China which is metricated in Mainland China as exactly 0.5 kg, and approximately 0.6 kg for other places.]
snidenoun	Disparaging or derisive in an insinuative way.
felinenoun	(formal) A cat; member of the cat family Felidae.
kilonoun	Clipping of kilogram. [In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10⁻³⁴ when expressed in units of kg⋅m²⋅s⁻¹. Symbol: kg]
chinnoun	The bottom of a face, (specifically) the typically jutting jawline below the mouth.
jinnoun	A portion of dead wood on a branch or at the top of the trunk of a bonsai tree, whether formed naturally or deliberately to suggest age and hardship.
kilogramnoun	In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10⁻³⁴ when expressed in units of kg⋅m²⋅s⁻¹. Symbol: kg
poundnoun	A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight.
captious	Having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections; cavilling, nitpicky.
barbed	Having barbs.
sharp-tongued	Having an acrid or bitter wit; skilled at or given to insulting or belittling others.
pettynoun	(dialectal, euphemistic, informal) An outbuilding used as a lavatory; an outhouse, a privy.
snarkynoun	(informal, often humorous) Snide and sarcastic; usually out of irritation.
cat-witted	(obsolete) spiteful, obstinate, and small-minded.
mean-spirited	Having a base, nasty, petty, or malevolent disposition; tawdry.
snipeynoun	Having a tendency to snipe; given to nasty or cutting comments.