BITCHERY Synonyms: 81 Similar and Opposite Words

bitchery

noun

Definition of bitchery

as in contempt

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Recent Examples of bitchery Weisberger’s book may have been an opportunistic takedown, but the director David Frankel and the screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna spun it into one of the finer Hollywood entertainments of its era, with the pleasing sophistication and bitchery of a classic studio comedy from the forties or fifties. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2026 Throughout many revealing conversations, the braggadocious zeal of Poseidon and Zeus, the sexy aloofness of Aphrodite and Dionysus, and the sniveling bitchery of Hermes and Hypnos were endearing, but all gave way to flawed people who grew deeply over time. — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025 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. — 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 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

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Noun

According to the court docket, a contempt hearing was scheduled for November.

— Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Taylor was later found in willful contempt for violating their divorce terms and ordered to pay $70,000 to cover Shumpert’s legal fees.

— Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of contempt

Noun

For twenty years, McCarthy has been swimming against the current, writing novels that reflect, with unusual intensity, his disdain for the conventional underpinnings of literary fiction.

— Max Callimanopulos, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2026
Evidence leading up to the assassination showed Robinson’s left-leaning political views and disdain toward Kirk.

— Mackenzie Chase, The Washington Examiner, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of disdain

Noun

In less capable hands, her bitchiness, her vanity, her vindictiveness would have made her one-dimensional.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
As two snotty rich girls, Kate Vernon and Emily Longstreth are positively princess, convincing in their cool bitchiness.

— Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 31 Mar. 2026

Definition of bitchiness

Noun

Pike committed the crime over an intense romantic jealousy of Slemmer, who allegedly attempted to steal her boyfriend’s attention.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 13 Oct. 2026
Based on a true story, the film follows a young woman whose romance with a married man sets off a dangerous chain of obsession, jealousy and betrayal.

— Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of jealousy

Noun

Adams, usually so conciliatory, plainly voices her disgust with the unethical Mexican clinic which gave McQueen false hope, and side-eyes his late-in-life turn to Christianity.

— Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 20 Oct. 2026
The boys’ callousness quickly turned to disgust, their contempt steadily aimed at Neil.

— S. M. Reznik, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of disgust

Noun

Someone else expresses revulsion at seeing dogs devour bodies left to rot, but the disgust doesn’t seem to extend to the killings themselves.

— Jay Weissberg, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026
Anyone with even the mildest case of trypophobia—the sense of revulsion from tiny clusters and holes—should avert their eyes.

— Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of revulsion

Noun

The researchers attributed the low barrier to strong Coulombic repulsion between neighboring lithium ions.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026
On the other hand, the fact that Warren is so annoying reminds us that unreal people can elicit genuine repulsion.

— Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of repulsion

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