cattyadjective
uk/ˈkæt.i/us/ˈkæt̬.i/Catty words, especially speech, are unkind because they are intended to hurt someone:
She's always making catty remarks about her sister.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Unkind, cruel & unfeeling
- acerbic
- acidly
- backbite
- backbiting
- backhanded
- barbaric
- bilious
- cutthroat
- fiendish
- hard-hearted
- have a heart of stone idiom
- have a sharp tongue idiom
- insensible
- malign
- remorseless
- ruthless
- sadism
- sadist
- savagery
- waspish
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cattily
adverb uk/ˈkæt.əl.i/us/ˈkæt̬.ə.li/
cattiness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈkæt.i.nəs/us/ˈkæt̬.i.nəs/