Cattiness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being catty; cattishness uncountable, usually

    "2004 Ward Hunt et.al. - James Bowdoin and the Patriot Philosophers Who had been tapped for the new society, and why, had become a topic of local gossip, conjecture, and even cattiness."

  2. 2
    malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty wordnet

Synonyms

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bitchinesscalumnydespitehatefulnesslibelmaliciousness

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"2004 Ward Hunt et.al. - James Bowdoin and the Patriot Philosophers Who had been tapped for the new society, and why, had become a topic of local gossip, conjecture, and even cattiness."

Etymology

From catty + -ness.

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