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
Lopez’s Spider Woman gets a bad pixie wig and even more garish goth costuming appropriate for a bewitching, bitchy succubus.
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2025
Michaels was stuck writing shopworn gags for a bitchy hairdresser character.
—Susan Morrison, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
During her 40-year-plus career, Delano also worked in such films as Ratboy (1986), A Mighty Wind (2003), The Wicker Man (2006) — as the bitchy Sister Beech — Miracle Mile (1988) and The Ladykillers (2004).
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
As such, there’s definitely an audience out there for it, and not just one comprised of viewers who will watch it through the lens of bitchy derision, fun though that will be.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Sep. 2024
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2025
Michaels was stuck writing shopworn gags for a bitchy hairdresser character.
—Susan Morrison, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
During her 40-year-plus career, Delano also worked in such films as Ratboy (1986), A Mighty Wind (2003), The Wicker Man (2006) — as the bitchy Sister Beech — Miracle Mile (1988) and The Ladykillers (2004).
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
As such, there’s definitely an audience out there for it, and not just one comprised of viewers who will watch it through the lens of bitchy derision, fun though that will be.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bitchy
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These attacks work by causing a software package to access the wrong component dependency, for instance by publishing a malicious package and giving it the same name as the legitimate one but with a later version stamp.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
29 Apr. 2025
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The best way to safeguard yourself from malicious links that install malware, potentially accessing your private information, is to have antivirus software installed on all your devices.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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This dynamic has created a cruel catch-22 which forces an impossible choice: register and risk immediate deportation, or refuse and become criminalized for noncompliance, destroying any path to legal status.—
Kica Matos,
Time,
2 May 2025
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Milano’s extensive medical history sometimes feels too cruel to detail; his only full season came as a rookie in 2017.—
Tim Graham,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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Sandhagen dispatched Edgar with a vicious flying knee 28 seconds into that bout.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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With two hits, one hit-by-pitch and zero outs recorded, Williams then left the mound to a vicious chorus of boos as Aaron Boone summoned Mark Leiter Jr. — not Weaver — from the bullpen.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
26 Apr. 2025
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Of note: Your Content must not be false, defamatory, misleading or hateful, or infringe any copyright or any other third-party rights or otherwise be unlawful.—
Catherine Pearson,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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Now, imagine a flood of political images, hateful memes and mocking videos from domestic and foreign sources taking over social media.—
Ernesto Verdeja,
The Conversation,
24 Apr. 2025
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Mingyang took the center of the Octagon from the beginning, landed hard leg kicks, and opened a nasty gash on Smith’s forehead with a step-in elbow.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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With a triple-digit heater and a nasty slider, he’s always been a tantalizing talent.—
Sahadev Sharma,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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President Donald Trump intends to completely reimagine U.S. trade relations with our closest partners and fiercest rivals, for better or worse.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2025
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Everything will come down to its capabilities, its vulnerabilities, its biases—for better and, definitely, for worse.—
Megan Garber,
The Atlantic,
29 Apr. 2025
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Several diss tracks followed, with the musicians hurling increasingly spiteful insults at each other relating to accusations of domestic abuse, exploitation and pedophilia.—
Winston Cho,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Mar. 2025
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The more spiteful Drake could smell a world of buff, misogynistic grifters taking hold and made sure to set up shop where the audience would be.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Bitchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bitchy. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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