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cattish

[kat-ish]

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adjective

catlike; feline.

spiteful; malicious.

Origin of cattish

First recorded in 1590–1600; cat + -ish¹

Related formscat·tish·ly, adverbcat·tish·ness, noun

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Related Words for cattish

bad-tempered, catty, despiteful, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malignant, mean, nasty, overbearing, venomous, vicious, vindictive, wicked

Examples from the Web for cattish

Historical Examples of cattish

As if I didn't know, when I'm in that mood, I'm a cattish little spitfire!
The Rhodesian
Gertrude Page
She had very good hair but grey eyes, that gave her a cattish appearance.
The Conquest
Oscar Micheaux
McTerza, with a cattish spring, leaped through a rain of brickbats for Rucker.
Held for Orders
Frank H. Spearman
I had a cattish desire to fight him and let him know his place.
Daisy
Miranda Eliot Swan
And be gracious to everybody, even to those who have been most cattish.
The Silent Barrier
Louis Tracy

Word Origin and History for cattish

adj.

1590s, "cat-like," from cat (n.) + -ish. From 1883 as "catty." Related: Cattishly; cattishness.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper