BITCHINESS Synonyms: 81 Similar and Opposite Words

bitchiness

noun

Definition of bitchiness

as in contempt

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Recent Examples of bitchiness In less capable hands, her bitchiness, her vanity, her vindictiveness would have made her one-dimensional. — 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 After Briar’s bitchiness, the sweetest queen of the season, Mandy Mango, enters the building. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 3 Jan. 2026

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Noun

The contempt hearing Hoskins’ comments come in the wake of a chaotic redistricting battle that has dominated Missouri politics for the past year.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026
Femicide is defined as the killing of a woman in a domestic setting or out of contempt for women.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of contempt

Noun

The president’s disdain for James stems from her high-profile civil fraud investigations into his business dealings.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 4 Oct. 2026
Hazle Township residents’ disdain for the $10,000 incentive is just the tip of the iceberg, Cook said.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of disdain

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

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
An irresolvable knot of wickedness who acts on impulse and has seemingly no capacity for empathy, Cathy stumbles into the heart of the Trask family’s jealousy and ambition.

— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of jealousy

Noun

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

Definition of bitchery

Noun

Amateur humiliation content has become widespread on the internet, giving Americans more opportunities than ever to indulge in gleeful disgust or righteous outrage.

— Daniel LaChance, The Conversation, 21 Sep. 2026
This week’s list of South Florida restaurants failing inspection doesn’t bring volume — four restaurants — but does bring a strong amount of disgust.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of disgust

Noun

At first the owner stared at him blankly, then flashed a look of distaste, as if a dirty rodent had brushed his foot.

— Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
Some have also shared with me a profound distaste for how their friends and family are using AI for therapy and companionship, and a deep concern for their future employment prospects.

— Dónal Gill, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of distaste

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

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