cattish

[ kat-ish ]
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adjective
  1. catlike; feline.

  2. spiteful; malicious.

Origin of cattish

1
First recorded in 1590–1600; cat + -ish1

Other words from cattish

  • cat·tish·ly, adverb
  • cat·tish·ness, noun

Words Nearby cattish

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How to use cattish in a sentence

  • Sort of cattish way of implying that the fair Olga could get along without any moon at all.

    West Wind Drift | George Barr McCutcheon
  • I had a cattish desire to fight him and let him know his place.

    Daisy | Miranda Eliot Swan
  • I trust I am not unduly cattish, but I dearly would love to watch the expression on his face when he heard it.

    Sundry Accounts | Irvin S. Cobb
  • Before the end of our engagement, Wharton-Duprez had taken the most cattish dislike to me; I have never known why.

  • It does not seem to be their genius to do more than Fishwomen, to scratch and tear one or two to pieces in a cattish fury.