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
  • Delicious and full of flavor, the roast contains brown sugar that balances out the bitterness of the beer, while vinegar adds a hint of brightness.
    Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Additions like maple and honey round out the bitterness and tartness, creating balanced cocktails with depth and finesse.
    Essence, Essence, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • More than avoiding malice, we are called to take responsibility for the impact of our words.
    Andrew Weinstein, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Understand that controlling behaviors may stem from fear and insecurity rather than malice.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The monthlong celebration comes at a crucial time, as transgender youths continue to face mounting legislative attacks and social hostility nationwide.
    Duante Beddingfield, Freep.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Police officers eventually began to line tee boxes as the weekend progressed, though that also did not assuage the hostility.
    Matt Moret, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Raising it above heart level could quicken distribution of the venom to other parts of the body.
    Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Krishna discovers that Kaliya is living beneath the surface of a local pond and poisoning its waters with his venom.
    Seamus Sullivan September 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Charlie and Pim are loyal employees of Smiling Friends, a mysterious business that exists solely to assist people with their problems, regardless of their severity.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Prosecutors have recommended an 11-year sentence, citing Combs’s lack of remorse and the severity of harm inflicted.
    Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Raised under Augusta’s religious terror and hatred for women, Ed tries to hide his penchant for ladies’ underwear and masturbation to no avail.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Not as a land of fear, not as a divisiveness, not of government censorship, not of hatred.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Brooks explained the white and brown pup was rescued from a cruelty case in South Carolina.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The cruelty, after all, is the point.
    Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025

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“Cattiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cattiness. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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