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BITCHY (bitchier, bitchiest)

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IPA (US): 

Irregular inflected forms: bitchier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, bitchiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does bitchy mean? 

BITCHY (adjective)
  The adjective BITCHY has 1 sense:

1. marked by or arising from maliceplay

  Familiarity information: BITCHY used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BITCHY (adjective)

 Declension: comparative and superlative 
Comparative: bitchier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Superlative: bitchiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Marked by or arising from malice

Synonyms:

bitchy; cattish; catty

Context example:

a catty remark

Similar:

malicious (having the nature of or resulting from malice)

Derivation:

bitch (informal terms for objecting)

bitchiness (malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty)


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