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adjectivecattier, cattiest ˈkatiˈkædi 1Deliberately hurtful in one's remarks; spiteful. 言语恶毒的，尖酸的，尖嘴薄舌的；恶意的 Example sentencesExamples - Is this really what she dreamed of doing when she was in college: writing catty comments about the clothes and hairstyles of people who have actually accomplished things in their own lives?
- I didn't think these girls could be so catty.
- The book is an acquired taste, but on stage it revealed itself as an entertaining character comedy thanks to a set of brilliant performances led by Ward as a catty matriarch driven by self-interest.
- Certain catty colleagues liked to read these stories aloud.
- ABC couldn't resist a catty comment on its Web site.
- Let joy raise you above negative comments, catty remarks or outright persecution.
- So when you post catty comments about your boss, it is the same as doing so in an interview.
- She was the fighter in our group; she could make a tough girl cry with her endless barrage of snotty remarks and catty comebacks.
- And as nerves fray and tempers rise you can be assured of a catty remark or backstage rumpus.
- You never get catty comments like that from female customers.
- Before Minerva could defend Kelly with a catty remark, Kelly cut her short.
- We have many friends and acquaintances with different political values, but these two are the only ones who feel the need to ruin a perfectly nice evening with snide and catty comments about people whom they know we support.
- I even made a catty remark about her hairband back in 1992, for which I'm truly sorry.
- An office would not be an office without gossip and catty remarks.
- I was racking my mind for some kind of catty remark, but was coming up empty.
- They can make all the catty remarks they want and still not pass math.
- Girls engage in catty behavior and nasty comments, judging each other on appearance and material possessions.
- I thought the hardest part of my recovery would be the pain and the crutches; I wasn't prepared for catty remarks from other dancers.
- The book sporadically manages to be amusingly catty, but never, try as it may, moving.
- The climbing world can be a remarkably catty place, so it came as no surprise that not everyone was awed by the Russians' feat.
Synonyms malicious, mean, nasty, cruel, unkind, unfriendly, snide, hurtful, wounding, barbed, cutting, hateful, ill-natured, bitter, venomous, poisonous, acid, hostile, rancorous, malevolent, evil-intentioned, baleful, vindictive, vengeful, vitriolic, vicious, splenetic, malign, malignant, bilious spiteful, malicious, mean, nasty, cruel, unkind, snide, backbiting, hurtful, wounding, barbed, cutting, hateful, ill-natured, bitter, venomous, vitriolic, poisonous, acid, hostile, rancorous, vindictive, vicious 2Relating to cats; catlike. （与）猫（有关）的；似猫的 Example sentencesExamples - Here are some other uplifting things: a cycle ride in the sun, coffee in the garden, a sleepy-eyed hello from the cat, which summons up the energy to eat some catty lunch before going for another sleep.
Derivativesadverb ˈkatɪliˈkædəli ‘Look, Slick, you may think you're the king of thieves, but that doesn't mean anybody agrees with you,’ Macyn replied cattily. Example sentencesExamples - Carolyn cattily says ‘I thought I was your lunch date.’
- It doesn't take long for the cattily satirical tone to become monotonous as the characters refuse all attempts at development and the plot treads water into the shallows.
- She and Stasia seem to be the only one's who didn't behave cattily or ignore Jessica altogether.
- She cattily told Weinstein she had heard that, in a bedroom scene, Charisse was wearing a padded negligee bra.
nounˈkatɪnəsˈkædinəs What makes you and your friends any less bitchy and catty then the girls who's bitchiness and cattiness you talk about all the time? Example sentencesExamples - But gossip and cattiness shouldn't be incompatible with honesty, and they aren't.
- The cattiness of his work belongs in his diary, not in the newspaper.
- It's a moderately-interesting tale of bitchiness, cattiness and psychotic behaviour.
- Her strongest character traits are, in about this order, heroic courage; wrath; vengefulness; envy; and cattiness.
Rhymesbatty, bratty, chatty, Cincinnati, Dolcelatte, fatty, flattie, Hattie, natty, patty, ratty, Satie, Scarlatti, scatty, Tati, tattie, tatty noun ˈkatiˈkædi South African informal A catapult. 〈南非，非正式〉弹弓 on the way to school we took potshots at dogs with our catty
adjectiveˈkædiˈkadē 1Deliberately hurtful in one's remarks; spiteful. 言语恶毒的，尖酸的，尖嘴薄舌的；恶意的 Example sentencesExamples - An office would not be an office without gossip and catty remarks.
- I was racking my mind for some kind of catty remark, but was coming up empty.
- The climbing world can be a remarkably catty place, so it came as no surprise that not everyone was awed by the Russians' feat.
- She was the fighter in our group; she could make a tough girl cry with her endless barrage of snotty remarks and catty comebacks.
- They can make all the catty remarks they want and still not pass math.
- I thought the hardest part of my recovery would be the pain and the crutches; I wasn't prepared for catty remarks from other dancers.
- Girls engage in catty behavior and nasty comments, judging each other on appearance and material possessions.
- Before Minerva could defend Kelly with a catty remark, Kelly cut her short.
- Certain catty colleagues liked to read these stories aloud.
- ABC couldn't resist a catty comment on its Web site.
- We have many friends and acquaintances with different political values, but these two are the only ones who feel the need to ruin a perfectly nice evening with snide and catty comments about people whom they know we support.
- I even made a catty remark about her hairband back in 1992, for which I'm truly sorry.
- So when you post catty comments about your boss, it is the same as doing so in an interview.
- I didn't think these girls could be so catty.
- And as nerves fray and tempers rise you can be assured of a catty remark or backstage rumpus.
- The book is an acquired taste, but on stage it revealed itself as an entertaining character comedy thanks to a set of brilliant performances led by Ward as a catty matriarch driven by self-interest.
- The book sporadically manages to be amusingly catty, but never, try as it may, moving.
- You never get catty comments like that from female customers.
- Let joy raise you above negative comments, catty remarks or outright persecution.
- Is this really what she dreamed of doing when she was in college: writing catty comments about the clothes and hairstyles of people who have actually accomplished things in their own lives?
Synonyms malicious, mean, nasty, cruel, unkind, unfriendly, snide, hurtful, wounding, barbed, cutting, hateful, ill-natured, bitter, venomous, poisonous, acid, hostile, rancorous, malevolent, evil-intentioned, baleful, vindictive, vengeful, vitriolic, vicious, splenetic, malign, malignant, bilious spiteful, malicious, mean, nasty, cruel, unkind, snide, backbiting, hurtful, wounding, barbed, cutting, hateful, ill-natured, bitter, venomous, vitriolic, poisonous, acid, hostile, rancorous, vindictive, vicious 2Relating to cats; catlike. （与）猫（有关）的；似猫的 Example sentencesExamples - Here are some other uplifting things: a cycle ride in the sun, coffee in the garden, a sleepy-eyed hello from the cat, which summons up the energy to eat some catty lunch before going for another sleep.
nounˈkædiˈkadē South African informal A slingshot. on the way to school we took potshots at dogs with our catty
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