单词 | cattishness |
释义 | > as lemmasˈcattishness ˈcattishness n. the quality of being ‘cattish’, spitefulness. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > spitefulness > [noun] maliciousness1447 peevishness1468 spitefulness1530 sinisterness1611 viciousness1879 cattishness1894 cattiness1920 bitchiness1934 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > spite, malice > [noun] > quality maliciousness1447 peevishness1468 spitefulness1530 sinisterness1611 viciousness1879 cattishness1894 pussycat1911 cattiness1920 bitchiness1934 1894 G. Meredith Lord Ormont III. iv. 69 Thither he walked..prepared for cattishness. 1907 Daily Chron. 8 July 3/2 Thus..was Mrs. Steel's cattishness brought home to her. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 8 June 3/2 Elizabeth, we are afraid, is developing into a little ‘cat’, as her female friends would probably say... That is where the ‘cattishness’ of Elizabeth shows itself. 1938 R. G. Collingwood Princ. Art v. 87 The biographies of cattishness, whose aim is to release the reader from the irksome reverence..for persons who were important in their day. < as lemmas |
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