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as in bitterness
biting sharpness of feeling or expression
the cattiness of the commentary for the televised awards was neither nice nor necessary
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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
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Recent Examples of cattiness
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.
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Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
8 June 2026
While Mean Girls is technically a comedy, its depiction of girl-on-girl cattiness stings incredibly true.
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Michelle Kung,
EW.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cattiness
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And after spending most of Sunday as the guy the crowd didn’t want to see close the deal, Clark didn’t respond with bitterness.
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Crisp and refreshing, the drink’s grapefruit bitterness was softened by carbonation, giving Mexico’s national cocktail a lively upgrade.
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Although Ashley had alleged things like malice, ill-will and improper motives by Adam, that still fell short of proving that Adam knew that his statements were false.
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The documentary explores the dark web of fraud, deception and malice that led Parker to feign a pregnancy to try to bolster her relationship with boyfriend Wade Griffin — and when her fake due date passed, kill Hancock for her baby, Braxlynn Sage.
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The accord called for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and a halt to hostilities across the region, including in Lebanon.
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The memorandum of understanding calls for an end to all hostilities, including in Lebanon, where Israeli forces have been fighting Hezbollah.
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One common misconception is that lionfish are inedible because of their venom.
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Allergic reactions and anaphylaxis have been reported in patients using bee venom therapy.
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In Guatire, in Miranda state, preliminary reports indicate that several people were injured, though the severity of the injuries and the exact number of those affected remain unclear.
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Too much of it can cause brain damage, and pediatricians must regularly check for bilirubin in newborns to measure the severity of the jaundice and determine whether the child needs treatment.
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Police investigations showed that the pair are suspected of displaying seditious items and selling publications with seditious content inside the shop, including materials inciting hatred against the city's government, the judiciary and law enforcement agencies, the government said.
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Not drinking seemed to me synonymous with a hatred of pleasure, a fascist quest for purity.
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These passages highlight the typically human cruelty and hypocrisy of fighting for one’s own liberty while denying it to one’s neighbors.
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Last week, Dixon also pleaded no contest to the three felony animal cruelty charges.
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“Cattiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cattiness. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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