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Synonyms for cattish


Grammar : Adj
Spell : kat-ish
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæt ɪʃ

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Définition of cattish

Origin :
  • 1590s, "cat-like," from cat (n.) + -ish. From 1883 as "catty." Related: Cattishly; cattishness.
  • As in bitchy : adj spiteful
Example sentences :
  • As if I didn't know, when I'm in that mood, I'm a cattish little spitfire!
  • Extract from : « The Rhodesian » by Gertrude Page
  • She had very good hair but grey eyes, that gave her a cattish appearance.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest » by Oscar Micheaux
  • McTerza, with a cattish spring, leaped through a rain of brickbats for Rucker.
  • Extract from : « Held for Orders » by Frank H. Spearman
  • I had a cattish desire to fight him and let him know his place.
  • Extract from : « Daisy » by Miranda Eliot Swan
  • And be gracious to everybody, even to those who have been most cattish.
  • Extract from : « The Silent Barrier » by Louis Tracy
  • Sort of cattish way of implying that the fair Olga could get along without any moon at all.
  • Extract from : « West Wind Drift » by George Barr McCutcheon
  • Mrs. Hetherington, whom the end of the voyage had left nervy and cross, said cattish things.
  • Extract from : « Captivity » by M. Leonora Eyles
  • Of course the girls did not call it cattish even in their own minds—just thoughtlessness.
  • Extract from : « The Carter Girls' Week-End Camp » by Nell Speed
  • Before the end of our engagement, Wharton-Duprez had taken the most cattish dislike to me; I have never known why.
  • Extract from : « McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, September 1908, No. 5 » by Various
  • It does not seem to be their genius to do more than Fishwomen, to scratch and tear one or two to pieces in a cattish fury.
  • Extract from : « Private letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 2 (of 2) » by Edward Gibbon
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