Synonyms of cattiness

cattiness

noun

1

as in bitterness

biting sharpness of feeling or expression

the cattiness of the commentary for the televised awards was neither nice nor necessary

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bitterness
• hostility
• severity
• malice
• acrimony
• bile
• corrosiveness
• virulence
• anger
• vitriol
• acidity
• virulency
• tartness
• acridity
• venom
• resentment
• asperity
• jealousy
• acridness
• harshness
• rudeness
• mordancy
• animosity
• spite
• acidness
• incivility
• coldness
• sternness
• gruffness
• vindictiveness
• impoliteness
• rancor
• surliness
• sourness
• vehemence
• nastiness
• crossness
• iciness
• malevolence
• scorn
• relentlessness
• ungraciousness
• jaundice
• gall
• spleen
• sour grapes
• pique
• discourteousness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• diplomacy
• politeness
• civility
• kindness
• cordiality
• graciousness
• sweetness
• geniality
• sympathy
• courtesy
• tenderness
• warmth
• compassion
• softness
• tactfulness
• smoothness
• urbanity
• suavity
• oiliness
• suaveness
• unctuousness

2

as in malice

the desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm

there's no reason for saying such hurtful things except sheer cattiness

Synonyms & Similar Words

• malice
• venom
• hatred
• cruelty
• spite
• meanness
• hatefulness
• maliciousness
• hostility
• spitefulness
• jealousy
• bitterness
• malevolence
• viciousness
• malignancy
• malignity
• nastiness
• contempt
• despite
• spleen
• disgust
• malignance
• hate
• antagonism
• disdain
• animosity
• resentment
• rancor
• abusiveness
• enmity
• vindictiveness
• distaste
• antipathy
• bitchiness
• loathing
• mean-spiritedness
• grudge
• jaundice
• ill will
• bitchery
• repulsion
• horror
• abhorrence
• abomination
• scorn
• revulsion
• vengefulness
• bile
• invidiousness
• virulence
• repugnance
• vitriol
• aversion
• execration
• despicableness
• pique

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• love
• devotion
• passion
• civility
• friendliness
• hospitality
• cordiality
• amiability
• amity
• infatuation
• worship
• adoration
• kindness
• friendship
• affection
• ardor
• sympathy
• amicability
• understanding
• veneration
• charity
• empathy
• kindliness
• goodwill
• comity

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cattiness

Through Midge’s eyes, Gregory laid waste to the casual cruelty, cattiness, sexism and narcissism of 90s workplace culture, dating, family relationships, female friendships, consumerism and more. — Rob Salkowitz, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

But colleagues’ cattiness and her own insecurity dredge up traumatic memories and send her spiralling into bulimia. — Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 12 June 2026

The twist is that Escola encourages the kind of desperate cattiness that the onstage Mary Todd Lincoln herself embodies. — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026

While Mean Girls is technically a comedy, its depiction of girl-on-girl cattiness stings incredibly true. — Michelle Kung, EW.com, 18 Aug. 2025