as in contempt
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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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Find something else to illustrate your contempt, not this image.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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Which is why Aunt Vidala’s struggle to conceal her contempt for Aunt Lydia has been difficult to understand.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Until then, the SPLC mainly made money off of its donor base’s disdain toward the Ku Klux Klan.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
25 Apr. 2026
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Part of what made La Peste distinctive was the vocal balance Dayton struck, between disdain and an almost deadpan affect.—
Eric R. Danton,
Pitchfork,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In show business, you could easily get caught up in jealousy.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
26 Apr. 2026
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Guilt, jealousy or over-possessiveness might take hold of you.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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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
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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.—
Leah Greenblatt,
EW.com,
16 Nov. 2022
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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In 1988’s Moonwalk, co-edited by his friend Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Jackson acknowledged his distaste for revealing every detail about his life.—
Steve Knopper,
Rolling Stone,
22 Apr. 2026
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Vanderpump Rules was basically built on Schroeder’s distaste for Shay (and on the male cast’s constant infidelity).—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
19 Apr. 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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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
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Anger, fear, and repulsion are so often compelled by objects of desire.—
Horace D. Ballard,
Artforum,
22 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Bitchiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bitchiness. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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