catty

adjective
🔊/ˈkæti/
🔊/ˈkæti/
(informal)
(comparative cattier, superlative cattiest)
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  1. (of a woman女人) saying unkind things about other people散布流言蜚语的;刁钻刻薄的;搬弄是非的 synonym bitchy, spiteful
    • a catty comment尖酸刻薄的话
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryCatty is used with these nouns:
    • remark
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