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cattiness

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1 biting sharpness of feeling or expression
  • the cattiness of the commentary for the televised awards was neither nice nor necessary

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2 the desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm
  • there's no reason for saying such hurtful things except sheer cattiness

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cattily

cattiness

catting (around)

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“Cattiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cattiness. Accessed 27 Sep. 2021.

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