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Synonyms for catty

  • adjective

Most common

nasty caustic spiteful snide feline catly

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Bitchy — with subtle hostility in an effort to hurt, annoy, or upset (particularly in interactions between women)

bitchy informal, spiteful, snide, nasty, malicious, caustic, cattish

2. Feline — resembling or characteristic of a cat

cat-like, feline, catly

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Resembling or characteristic of a cat.

  2. adj. 2

    With subtle hostility in an effort to hurt, annoy, or upset (particularly in interactions between women).

Related words

Word family
cattiness

Example sentences

  • nasty The child had a nasty cough because he had a cold.
  • caustic Our English teacher likes to make caustic comments.
  • spiteful Fyodor’s mother is a spiteful woman who despises Rima.
  • snide Tom made a snide remark about how Mary was dressed.
  • feline The kitten's feline antics were adorable to watch.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
cattyrising
nastyrising
causticfalling
spitefulrising
sniderising
felinerising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
nasty2, snide1, catly
6 letters
bitchy2, feline2
7 letters
caustic2, cattish
8 letters
spiteful2
9 letters
malicious3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (nasty2 = 2 syllables).