BITCHY Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

bitchy

adjective

ˈbi-chē

as in malicious

having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of it a bitchy and vindictive boss who has punished workers who have had the gall to question the company's policies

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Recent Examples of bitchy Stealing a scene later is Will Poulter as a Christie Smith general store manager, styled in head-to-toe green and a swirling shock of hair like a bitchy queen out of Oz. —

Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 12 Mar. 2026 Newsom has also taken his happy-if-bitchy-warrior act into hostile territory by appearing on MAGA podcasts. —

Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026 George is a master of bitchy one-liners. —

Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2025 Really, the show is here to serve fierce looks, bitchy one-liners and big juicy moments, with severely mixed results. —

Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bitchy

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The teenager was arrested for 12 counts of willful/malicious kill/maim/torture animal -- horse and three counts of felony malicious destruction of private property over $5,000, authorities said.

— Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 4 June 2026
Justice Stanley Reed’s majority opinion emphasized that what had happened to Francis was accidental and that, without malicious intent, there was no violation of the Eighth Amendment.

— Austin Sarat, The Conversation, 4 June 2026