as in contempt
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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
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
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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But that tale of someone brought into a world that treated him with cruelty and contempt never left him.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
9 Sep. 2025
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He and Steve Bannon were each held in contempt of Congress and imprisoned for four months after the DOJ prosecuted them.—
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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His disdain for Christmas is no match for visits from enchanting ghosts, a lively ensemble of characters, and the music of the season.—
Kirby Adams,
Louisville Courier Journal,
15 Sep. 2025
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In a new documentary, Murray and Tom Hanks reflect on their late friend's disdain for media attention surrounding his body.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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So, instead of recognition, many high-achieving women describe being met with jealousy, belittling or social isolation.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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But on top of that, once Davina does start to go along with this story, her jealousy only grows.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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While the first two horsemen are concerned with frustration and blame, contempt serves to convey disgust.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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So, at the ripe old age of 42, and much to his family’s disgust, Paul takes up the life of the artist, leaving (presumably rent-free) in his aunt’s surprisingly sizable studio flat in a suburb of Paris.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Cornell students, alumni and other Reddit users have largely expressed their distaste for the incident.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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At a single, two-minute dinner, Hermann Kafka smashes a cockroach while denigrating his son’s engagement to Felice Bauer before reiterating his distaste for Franz’s writing.—
Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Barely any other media in recent times has given me an instant shock of glee or revulsion like this absurd anarcho-cartoon being stretched and squeezed to its most grotesque and wholesome clickbait limits.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
10 Sep. 2025
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Ann Lee’s impoverished childhood in Manchester is spent dreaming of service to God while feeling revulsion at the physical facts of life.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Her repulsion towards sentimentality bypasses the ideals of what a food writer—or any writer—should attend to.—
Klara Feenstra
June 23,
Literary Hub,
23 June 2025
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In this region, where the crust transitions to the core, titanic forces — gravity, the strong nuclear force and electric repulsion — compete for dominance.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
28 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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 17 Sep. 2025.
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