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Spiteful
Answer for the clue "Spiteful ", 7 letters:
cattish
Word definitions for cattish in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cattish \Cat"tish\ (k[a^]t"t[i^]sh), a. Catlike; feline --Drummond.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 catlike; in the manner of a cat 2 stealthy 3 sly and spiteful; marked by malice
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1590s, "cat-like," from cat (n.) + -ish . From 1883 as "catty." Related: Cattishly ; cattishness .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. marked by or arising from malice; "a catty remark" [syn: bitchy , catty ]
Usage examples of cattish.
At his office and at his boardinghouse the girls were mere mice, or cattish, or kittenish, or had insufficiently read the advertisements.