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cattiness

/kat-ee/US // ˈkæt i //UK // (ˈkætɪ) //

猫腻,猫性,猫咪,猫咪咪

Related Words

rancorous粗暴的,粗鲁的,粗暴,冷酷无情spiteful怀恨在心,刻薄的人,刻薄的,刻薄evil邪恶,邪恶的,恶魔,弊端mean意味着,是指,意思是说,意思是backbiting背信弃义,背叛,恃强凌弱,背叛行为hateful可恨,可恨的,仇恨,仇恨的ill-natured心术不正,性格恶劣的,性格恶劣,性格恶劣的人malevolent恶意的,恶毒的,邪恶的,恶毒venomous毒性,毒性的,毒辣的,毒物vicious恶毒,邪恶的,凶恶,恶毒的wicked邪恶的,邪恶,恶人,邪恶的人

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    cat·ti·er, cat·ti·est.

    • : catlike; feline.
    • : slyly malicious; spiteful: a catty gossip.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as invindictiveness
Synonyms
anger愤怒,怒气,怒,愤慨cruelty残酷性,残酷,残酷的,残酷的行为cussedness骂人,脏话,骂人的话,骂声evil邪恶,邪恶的,恶魔,弊端hatefulness恨意,仇恨,仇恨性,憎恨malevolence恶意,恶意行为,恶意的,恶意的行为maliciousness恶毒,恶意,恶性,恶意的meanness卑鄙无耻,卑劣,卑鄙,刻薄orneriness危险性,脆弱性,易怒,易怒性revenge复仇,报,报复,报仇spite怨恨,怨言,怨气,怨愤vengefulness复仇心态,复仇心理,复仇性,报复性viciousness恶性,恶毒,凶恶,凶残
as inbackbiting
Synonyms
abuse滥用,虐待,辱骂,虐待行为gossip流言蜚语,闲聊,八卦,说话lie谎言,撒谎,骗人,谎话slander诽谤,诋毁,毁谤,谗言spite怨恨,怨言,怨气,怨愤aspersion诽谤,诋毁,讽刺,诽谤罪backstabbing背后捅刀子,背信弃义,背后捅娄子,背叛belittlement贬低,轻视,贬损,贬低他人calumniation谰言,谰调calumny谰言,谗言,诽谤,谰调defamation诽谤,诋毁,诽谤罪,诋毁行为denigration诋毁,诋毁行为,诋毁他人,诽谤depreciation贬值,折旧,折旧费,摊销detraction缩减,迂回,缩水,缩减量disparagement贬低,贬损,诋毁,鄙视invective谩骂,谩骂声,恶语伤人,辱骂malice恶意,恶感,恶性,恶习obloquy厌恶,辱骂,厌烦,厌恶感scandal丑闻,丑事,丑行,诽谤spitefulness怀恨在心,怨恨,怨气,刻薄寡恩tale故事,岈,岈语traducement承诺,承诺书vilification诋毁,诽谤,诋毁行为,中伤vituperation辱骂,谩骂,辱骂声,辱罵

Examples

  • She knows, for example, that in the north side of Chicago, there are pharmacies practically catty-corner to each other—which is great for those who live there.

  • When Ben Sherwood, the new head of Disney/ABC TV Group, joined the network as its news chief in 2010, much cattiness ensued.

  • It's hard, of course, to get too worked up about anyone's cattiness towards Coulter, but Baron is pretty consistently vicious.

  • New Jersey evokes a more suburban, strip-mall variety of cattiness, with press-on nails in place of claws.

  • Mrs. Vandervelde was not above the innate feminine cattiness.

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