as in malicious
having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of it
a bitchy and vindictive boss who has punished workers who have had the gall to question the company's policies
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Recent Examples of bitchy
Moore does some of her most deliciously bitchy work in the second season of Ryan Murphy’s anthology series.
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Katie Rife, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025
Most compellingly, Shauna has grown bitchy and maniacal following her baby’s death and Natalie’s ascent to leadership.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025
Urie and Newton shined as Marc St. James and Amanda Tanen, two bitchy assistants who bond over their love of fashion, celebrity and teasing Betty, providing plenty of hilarious quips through the years.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 6 Feb. 2025
Lopez’s Spider Woman gets a bad pixie wig and even more garish goth costuming appropriate for a bewitching, bitchy succubus.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2025
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Katie Rife, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025
Most compellingly, Shauna has grown bitchy and maniacal following her baby’s death and Natalie’s ascent to leadership.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025
Urie and Newton shined as Marc St. James and Amanda Tanen, two bitchy assistants who bond over their love of fashion, celebrity and teasing Betty, providing plenty of hilarious quips through the years.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 6 Feb. 2025
Lopez’s Spider Woman gets a bad pixie wig and even more garish goth costuming appropriate for a bewitching, bitchy succubus.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bitchy
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Attacks are now surging across the U.S., targeting citizens with malicious texts, emails and popups.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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Because the malicious screen is transparent, there are no visual cues to suggest anything suspicious is happening.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
21 July 2025
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In an inordinately cowardly and cruel act, Rubio stayed away from the department that day, ignoring the men and women whose careers and life plans were decimated by his flippant decision-making.—
Lynn Northcutt Vega,
Sun Sentinel,
29 July 2025
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A little more than a year ago, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a decision from the Ninth Circuit that determined a ban on people sleeping in public was constitutionally cruel and unusual.—
Natalie Eilbert,
jsonline.com,
29 July 2025
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Over time, this can create a vicious cycle where poor sleep and chronic anxiety feed into each other, creating a loop that damages your well-being.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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There was a scary moment later in the third quarter when Charlotte’s James Banks III hit Sacramento’s Dylan Cardwell with a vicious elbow to the face.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
21 July 2025
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His otherwise incomparable legacy will forever be stained by his hateful remarks about Black people.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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Late in the episode, Cartman calls off his suicide attempt after Butters helps convince him that there’s always hope for a return to the world where Cartman’s hateful trollery will again be a minority voice pushing back against the mainstream.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
24 July 2025
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The 5-foot-8, 185-pound Robinson was on the receiving end of a nasty collision with outside linebacker Brian Burns on Friday.—
Dan Duggan,
New York Times,
31 July 2025
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After dropping Monday’s opener to the Twins – following a nasty delay between the top and bottom of the ninth – the Red Sox got right back on the horse.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
31 July 2025
Adjective
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Earlier this month, employees at the Environmental Protection Agency, filed their own letter, with even worse results; 140 of them were placed on administrative leave.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
22 July 2025
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Making the timing of this move even worse, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, the nation’s most high-profile banker, is warning that private credit funds may be heading for a 2008-style crisis.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 July 2025
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Stewart’s switch from his usual snark to imitate Colbert’s buffoonery proved how spiteful and irreligious political humor has become since the left’s worship of Barack Obama and subsequent persecution of President Trump.—
Armond White,
National Review,
25 July 2025
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This dramatic change in the law comes a year and a half after a ProPublica investigation showed how the hotline had been weaponized by jealous exes, spiteful landlords and others who endlessly called in baseless allegations.—
Eli Hager,
ProPublica,
20 June 2025
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“Bitchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bitchy. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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