bitchin'

adjective

Definition of bitchin'next
slang
as in damnable

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bitchin'
  1. damnable
  2. deplorable
  3. detestable
  4. suboptimal
  5. awful
  6. brutal
  7. unsatisfactory
  8. unspeakable
Adjective
  • Drawing the line isn’t easy, and the damnable thing is that standards change from generation to generation.
    — Daniel Foster, National Review, 23 Jan. 2025
Definition of damnable
Adjective
  • His game didn't look deplorable in the Scottish Open, just a matter of not hitting it terribly close and not making many putts and then moving on.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2026
  • The malnourished children were found living in deplorable conditions in a 12-by-12-foot room.
    — WSYX Staff, Baltimore Sun, 10 July 2026
Definition of deplorable
Adjective
  • Soon after he was elected, the Half Moon Bay shooting occurred in January 2023, killing eight farmworkers and exposing detestable housing conditions for the county’s immigrant farmworkers.
    — Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
  • No matter how detestable the overthrown governments may be, precedents show that regime changes lead neither to democracy nor to peace, but to chaos, civil war and dictatorship.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2026
Definition of detestable
Adjective
  • Simply put, emergency departments are incurring costs to manage psychiatric patients, while the patients themselves receive suboptimal care.
    — Ian West, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Summers spent working away flaws that emerged in suboptimal moments.
    — Marcus Thompson II, New York Times, 6 June 2026
Definition of suboptimal
Adjective
  • Torres – one of Barcelona’s key men up front – had been having an awful tournament, missing a plethora of chances throughout Spain’s campaign and being benched after starting against Cape Verde.
    — Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • In a clearing in the forest, his younger selves sit at a long table with the abbott, who is wearing the final boss of season three’s awful wigs.
    — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 20 July 2026
Definition of awful
Adjective
  • But for one more summer, there’s Wednesday night hockey in the suburbs, the tickets are cheap, the autographs are free, and the arena is air conditioned in the midst of a brutal heat wave.
    — Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 17 July 2026
  • Shop Cooling Summer Dresses at REI This summer has proven to be particularly brutal, with heat waves engulfing a massive portion of the country.
    — Tanya Sharma, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026
Definition of brutal
Adjective
  • That lack of clarity has led public-health officials to offer somewhat unsatisfactory advice on how to keep yourself safe.
    — Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 11 July 2026
  • Lacking exposure to new knowledge can feel quite unsatisfactory.
    — Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Definition of unsatisfactory
Adjective
  • That’s one thing; ballplayers love nothing more than throwing around large sums of money to coerce normal humans to do unspeakable tasks.
    — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 14 July 2026
  • On-screen, stars depict unspeakable acts of violence and cruelty.
    — Michael O’Donnell, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026
Definition of unspeakable
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“Bitchin'.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bitchin%27. Accessed 25 Jul. 2026.

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