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    catty
    /ˈkati/

    adjective

    • 1. deliberately hurtful in one's remarks; spiteful: "catty comments"
    • 2. relating to cats; catlike: "catty eyes"

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  3. Someone who's catty is mean and nasty. A catty student on a school bus might refuse to let another child sit beside him, saying, "You smell bad." If you act catty, you're malicious or snotty toward other people.

    • Cattish

      marked by or arising from malice. DISCLAIMER: These example...

    • Malicious

      Someone who is malicious enjoys hurting or embarrassing...

  4. CATTY means being unpleasant and unkind, especially in a woman or a remark. Learn how to use this informal adjective with pronunciation, collocations, sentences, and translations.

  5. Catty means malevolent, bitchy, or spiteful, or catlike and stealthy. It can also be a unit of weight in Southeast Asia. See synonyms, translations, and usage examples.

  6. Catty can mean catlike, feline, or spiteful, depending on the context. It can also be a unit of weight in China and Southeast Asia. Learn more about the word history, origin, and usage of catty.

  7. The meaning of CATTY is any of various units of weight of China and southeast Asia varying around 11/3 pounds (about 600 grams); also : a standard Chinese unit equal to 1.1023 pounds (500 grams). How to use catty in a sentence.

  8. Definition of catty adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  9. Catty means of or like a cat, or with subtle hostility in an effort to hurt, annoy, or upset. It can also be a unit of weight in Southeast Asia. See synonyms, antonyms, and examples of catty.

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