Synonyms for cattish
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : kat-ish |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæt ɪʃ |
Top 10 synonyms for cattish Other synonyms for the word cattish
Définition of cattish
Origin :- 1590s, "cat-like," from cat (n.) + -ish. From 1883 as "catty." Related: Cattishly; cattishness.
- As in bitchy : adj spiteful
- 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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