catty

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Recent Examples of catty Pouring a truckload of salt in the wound, Olsen exploits the age gap between herself and her former mentor to take shots at Holmes’s practice, along with the work of all of Manhattan’s old-guard plastic surgeons via catty TikToks lambasting their entire approach. Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2024 When host Andy Cohen asked the duo about the exit of castmate Garcelle Beauvais, their silence – and then catty answers – drew backlash from fans. Michael Schneider, Variety, 10 Apr. 2025 Rest assured that the subjects at the heart of this film are granted — and invited to demonstrate — a degree of interiority that was missing from the catty pope movie. Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 10 Mar. 2025 Her star is catty-corner to Amoeba Music, across the street from the world-famous Pantages Theater, and easily accessed by way of the Hollywood and Vine metro stop. Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 9 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for catty
Recent Examples of Synonyms for catty
Adjective
  • This is the threat potential given commonalities despite seemingly different developers, and those links to malicious domains.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
  • Newark Mayor Ras Baraka filed a lawsuit against interim U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba on Tuesday, accusing her of malicious prosecution over his arrest outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility last month.
    Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 3 June 2025
Adjective
  • This is cruel, unnecessary, and will further fan the flames of economic chaos for working families across this country.
    Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
  • And for every San Antonio, there is a Utah or Washington or Charlotte that can’t believe how cruel the lottery can be.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 3 June 2025
Adjective
  • There are other objects of worship from the days when Japan’s Christians had to hide from vicious persecution, including a ceramic bottle of holy water from Nakaenoshima, an island where Hidden Christians were martyred in the 1620s.
    Foster Klug, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2025
  • Years before the Kendrick Lamar and Drake imbroglio, Pusha T shared his own vicious diss track against the Canadian hip-hop superstar.
    Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 3 June 2025
Adjective
  • Black said the synagogue has received hateful emails and phone calls.
    Rosario Del Valle, Sun Sentinel, 3 June 2025
  • Hamas, Iran, and their allies and ideological sympathizers in the West have flooded the world with their hateful lies and antisemitic incitement since October 7 — lies designed to demonize Israel, the Jewish people, and their supporters.
    Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 29 May 2025
Adjective
  • Well, as referenced above, the United States was coming out of a nasty recession tied to the crisis in the mortgage market.
    Ken Roberts, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
  • But many of those story beats feel perfunctory; the film comes to life in the nastier, grislier set pieces.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 30 May 2025
Adjective
  • Martin is there, and finally Masha arrives, wearing a Traitors hood and a bitchy attitude.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 21 May 2025
  • The musician also flexes his acting muscle in a subtle yet bitchy exchange with Melling’s Colin, in which both of their butts are on display.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 18 May 2025

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“Catty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catty. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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