cattiness

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Recent Examples of cattiness While Mean Girls is technically a comedy, its depiction of girl-on-girl cattiness stings incredibly true. Michelle Kung, EW.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cattiness
Noun
  • Regarding her own father, former Hollywood lighting director Thomas Markle, there is such entrenched bitterness, and this situation makes any reconciliation far from likely.
    Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The biggest casualty, says Srivastava, will be the goodwill between India and the United States, built after decades of bitterness over Washington's support of India's adversaries like Pakistan.
    Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Howard sells his smug malice, digging into Matt in a way no one has before until the whole thing devolves into a physical fight.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Smith said Hawthorne committed murder because his actions showed malice.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • When faced with Laura’s hostility, what can Cherry do but lose her mind, smash a glass against her head, and tell Daniel that his mother did it?
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The conflict between Israel and Palestine was dividing friends, sparking tensions, and fueling rising acts of hostility.
    Rchin Bari, Boston Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Victims of a snake bite are advised not to try to remove the venom themselves or to tie off the bite area.
    Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Wolf spider bites are not poisonous and won't cause sores or body-wide symptoms from its venom.
    Carrie Madormo, Health, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Quick hits Tigers reliever Kyle Finnegan suffered right groin tightness while warming up during Wednesday's game, and the severity of the injury is unclear.
    Christian Romo, Freep.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • While the time can vary based on many circumstances such as the type, severity, and location of the bruise, many bruises last for about two weeks.
    Marisa Garshick, Verywell Health, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Rivalries that are long in tenure and thick with hatred define college sports in the Deep South, where football is second only to faith in some places.
    Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Examples abound of men with histories of misogyny – often expressed online – who go on to commit violent crimes in the name of their hatred.
    Will Carless, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Vasquez was charged with second-degree cruelty to juveniles and negligent homicide.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • But that tale of someone brought into a world that treated him with cruelty and contempt never left him.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Cattiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cattiness. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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