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Recent Examples of bitchiness
As two snotty rich girls, Kate Vernon and Emily Longstreth are positively princess, convincing in their cool bitchiness.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bitchiness
Noun
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Lower courts found the company in contempt of the ruling.—
Ella Lee,
The Hill,
6 May 2026
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Santa Rosa resident Jason Lopez-Willis, 27, was arrested for misdemeanor violation of a domestic violence restraining order misdemeanor contempt of court for failing to comply.—
Carlos E. Castañeda,
CBS News,
6 May 2026
Noun
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The Heat’s disdain for the lottery is such that lucky charms would almost be acknowledgement of needing help in the process of rebuilding.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
4 May 2026
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On Friday, May 1, the 33-year-old 13 Reasons Why actress shared an Instagram carousel filled with photos and video of an unidentified man sitting beside her, texting people on his phone to express his disdain for sitting near a trans person in first class.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
2 May 2026
Noun
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Enter Grace Li, the group’s essential frenemy, held up by their parents as the model student and golden child, and thus a decades-long source of jealousy and resentment.—
Erik Pedersen,
Oc Register,
1 May 2026
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This jealousy isn’t helping me.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
1 May 2026
Noun
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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
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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
Noun
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Repulsion, disgust, and ambivalence can all find rootedness in horror.—
Horace D. Ballard,
Artforum,
22 Apr. 2026
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Some also voiced their disgust during the protests in September.—
Roshane Thomas,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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But that in itself is a sign of progress and a likely agreement because until a few weeks ago, both sides were showing open distaste for the other side's position.—
Armando Salguero OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
7 May 2026
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The comments from both Roth and Griffin are the turning point of a serious clash between City Hall and New York’s business establishment, with the CEOs personally calling out the new mayor and expressing distaste with the pointed remark at Griffin in his ongoing effort to tax the rich.—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
Noun
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But now many of those same factions are expressing open revulsion at the Iran war, rupturing relationships that were supposed to usher in a new international order.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Dahl’s revulsion at the violence committed in Israel’s name is at once comprehensible, in and of itself, and rooted in Dahl’s set of antisemitic beliefs.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
24 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Apple’s songs invite us back to the euphoria of attraction and the nausea of repulsion.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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In one sad scene, Floyd and Carol begin to make love, only for Carol to pull away in repulsion.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Bitchiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bitchiness. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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