cattiness
41spite — 1. noun he said it out of spite Syn: malice, malevolence, ill will, vindictiveness, vengefulness, revenge, malignity, evil intentions, animus, enmity; informal bitchiness, cattiness; literary maleficence Ant: benevolence 2. verb he did it to… …
42venom — noun 1) snake venom Syn: poison, toxin; archaic bane 2) his voice was full of venom Syn: rancor, malevolence, vitriol, spite, vindictiveness, malice, maliciousness, ill will, acrimony …
43spite — 1. noun he said it out of spite Syn: malice, malevolence, ill will, vindictiveness, meanness, nastiness; informal bitchiness, cattiness Ant: kindness 2. verb he did it to spite me Syn: upset, hurt …
44catty — UK [ˈkætɪ] / US adjective Word forms catty : adjective catty comparative cattier superlative cattiest used for describing someone who enjoys saying cruel or unpleasant things about other people Derived words: cattily adverb cattiness noun… …
45catty — I. /ˈkæti / (say katee) adjective (cattier, cattiest) 1. cat like. 2. quietly or slyly malicious; spiteful: a catty gossip. {cat1 + y1} –cattily, adverb –cattiness, noun II. /ˈkæti / (say …
46backbiting — [n] hateful talk abuse, aspersion, backstabbing*, belittlement, calumniation, calumny, cattiness, defamation, denigration, depreciation, detraction, disparagement, gossip, invective, lie, malice, obloquy, scandal, slander, spite, spitefulness,… …
47catty — catty1 [kat′ē] adj. cattier, cattiest 1. of or like a cat 2. spiteful, mean, malicious, etc. cattily adv. cattiness n. catty2 [kat′ē] n. pl. catties [Malay kātī: see …
48catty — adj. (cattier, cattiest) 1 sly, spiteful; deliberately hurtful in speech. 2 catlike. Derivatives: cattily adv. cattiness n …
49malevolence — noun 1. wishing evil to others • Syn: ↑malignity • Ant: ↑benevolence • Derivationally related forms: ↑malevolent • Hypernyms: ↑hate, ↑hatred …
50malevolency — noun the quality of threatening evil (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑malevolence, ↑malice • Derivationally related forms: ↑malevolent, ↑malevolent (for: ↑malevolence) …
