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Recent Examples of bitchiness
In less capable hands, her bitchiness, her vanity, her vindictiveness would have made her one-dimensional.
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Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
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.
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Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
3 Jan. 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bitchiness
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Things like trying to disqualify the entire Utah County Attorney's Office, trying to get some of the evidence suppressed, trying to get a contempt order because the prosecutors violated the court's gag order.
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Graf held a hearing earlier this month over whether prosecutors should be held in contempt for their comments about the bullet.
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While the singer-songwriter has been vocal about her disdain for generative AI models, her latest argument against it comes after learning hundreds of her own songs have been used for training purposes.
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But many Cepeda voters are still grappling to understand the disdain towards Colombia’s left.
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The jealousy that emanates from every pore of this guy is uncontrollable.
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Whether your emotions understood the assignment, an uncomfortable revelation could expose jealousy, control issues, fears or the fact that a power dynamic has shifted.
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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.
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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.
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The Waste Land’s overarching theme was the disillusionment and disgust of the period after World War I (1914–18).
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When a father in an England jersey led his young sons toward the concourse, one lingered behind long enough to see Croatia’s Martin Baturina score in the 36th minute, after which the youngster registered his disgust.
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His distaste for the wealthy is not an uncommon feeling in the country, his defense argued.
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In a September 2025 interview with Hollywood Authentic, Watson looked back on her career and her distaste for specific aspects of working in the entertainment industry that extended beyond acting on screen.
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The deepest reason for this near-universal futility is that most of us remain imprisoned by the delusions of the ego, suffering from alternating cravings and revulsions.
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Watching Jackie read her profoundly scary tale, my reaction moved from curiosity to revulsion to fear… not of her, but of Michael.
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But your, your thing with the Plücker coordinates, and the… does the zero mean that that’s the analog of repulsion.
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Similarly, having a conscience means feeling sadness or moral repulsion at the idea of taking a certain action, and those emotions entail a physiological response, a remnant of having once felt sick with guilt after committing an immoral act.
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“Bitchiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bitchiness. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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