catty

Meaning

Adj

1. (informal) With subtle hostility in an effort to hurt, annoy, or upset, particularly among women.
2. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a cat.

Noun

A (unit of) weight used in China, generally standardized as half a kilogram.

Noun

A catapult.

Synonyms

bitchy

cattish

spiteful

wicked

cattie

beastly

despiteful

evil-minded

hangdog

herd

herder

herdsman

hurtful

ill-natured

insidious

jack

malicious

malign

mean

nasty

naughty

ornery

perfidious

shabby

shady

sneak

sneaky

underhand

underhanded

unkind

unkindly

unsympathetic

vaquero

venomous

vicious

neatherd

venomed

bad

👎

meanspirited

buckaroo

cantankerous

catlike

cow boy

cross-grained

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkæti/

Etymology

Cognate with Dutch: kattig

In summary

From cat + -y. Compare Dutch kattig (“catty”); in sense “hostility”, see catfight.