US /ˈkæti/
adj Freq #30665

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    marked by or arising from malice

    A catty remark.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · marked by or arising from... bitchycattish
Word family
Forms cattiercattiest
Derived forms cattilycattinessuncatty
Related forms catfight

Etymology

From Malay kati, from Tamil கட்டி (kaṭṭi).

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