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Recent Examples of bitchery
Taylor-Joy brings a cagey survivalism to Margot, a girl who gives the sense she's had to get herself out of ugly scenarios many times before, and the notes Chau hits are delicious, a symphony of passive-aggressive bitchery.
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Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 16 Nov. 2022
Meredith attempts to bond with Hallie upon their first meeting, and only responds with bitchery after Hallie continually provokes her.
—Kristen Lopez, Vox, 28 July 2018
The girls set her up to fail because of their own arguably questionable motives — reuniting their parents — which don’t get a fraction of the scrutiny Meredith’s supposed bitchery does.
—Kristen Lopez, Vox, 28 July 2018
Pip Torrens plays him with delightful, low-key bitchery, which makes up for any lack of snarkiness on behalf of her royal highness.
—Joanna Robinson, VanityFair.com, 8 Jan. 2017
Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 16 Nov. 2022
Meredith attempts to bond with Hallie upon their first meeting, and only responds with bitchery after Hallie continually provokes her.
—Kristen Lopez, Vox, 28 July 2018
The girls set her up to fail because of their own arguably questionable motives — reuniting their parents — which don’t get a fraction of the scrutiny Meredith’s supposed bitchery does.
—Kristen Lopez, Vox, 28 July 2018
Pip Torrens plays him with delightful, low-key bitchery, which makes up for any lack of snarkiness on behalf of her royal highness.
—Joanna Robinson, VanityFair.com, 8 Jan. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bitchery
Noun
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In November, Swain found Adams’ administration in contempt of multiple provisions of the consent decree designed to improve conditions for inmates and staff at Rikers.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
13 May 2025
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The most immediate blow came earlier this month when U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers found Apple in contempt of court for willfully violating her 2021 injunction in the Epic Games case.—
Jackie Snow,
Quartz,
12 May 2025
Noun
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That is extremely unlikely given Trump's apparent disdain for Boasberg who has overseen a number of Trump's related cases.—
Allison Pecorin,
ABC News,
6 May 2025
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The president long has demonstrated a general disdain for Tinseltown — despite his own past as a reality TV star — especially after its outpouring of support for former Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential run.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
2 May 2025
Noun
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While most people understand intellectually that their partners have dating histories, having that history literally living down the hall creates an ongoing reminder that can trigger jealousy.—
Anna Pulley,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2025
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This case is about love, jealousy, infidelity and money.—
Jenna Sundel
Joshua Rhett Miller,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
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McCarthy got two starting opportunities against the Scarlet and Gray and twice sent them away in disgust.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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Even a maestro of disgust could feel nauseous seeing his life work ranked.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Jurors on Thursday spared the life of a man convicted last month of the brash murder of a small-time drug dealer over a decade ago, deliberating for just over an hour and extending a growing streak of distaste by Miami-Dade jurors of sending defendants to death row.—
Charles Rabin,
Miami Herald,
8 May 2025
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With Justin Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, watching her every move and the smallest eye twitch from a co-star read as a sign of distaste, the actor has played it safe and quiet over the past few months.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
2 May 2025
Noun
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They’re made to live as subjects of revulsion by day and secret objects of desire by night, all while risking sudden turns toward brutality born from vulnerable self-loathing.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
15 May 2025
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Racial attitudes among Dixon’s Disciples in the 1920s varied widely between a paternal tolerance of blacks (in tune with the founding beliefs of the church) to Ku Klux Klan-like racist revulsion that was widespread in its day.—
Richard D. Mahoney,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
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And repulsion is the animating sentiment of Mishra’s new polemic, The World After Gaza.—
Franklin Foer,
The Atlantic,
26 Feb. 2025
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Even the comings and goings of taxis are part of this hot summer night’s erotic synchronicity, timed to the magnetic attractions and repulsions of desire.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
11 Feb. 2025
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Brianna seems to swing between two moods: intense enthusiasm, intense repugnance.—
Joyce Carol Oates,
The New Yorker,
16 Mar. 2025
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In fact, the retort could lead people to dangerously belittle the scourge and repugnance of real anti-Semitism.—
Salam Fayyad,
Foreign Affairs,
20 June 2024
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“Bitchery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bitchery. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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