cattish
Americanadjective
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catlike; feline.
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spiteful; malicious.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of cattish
First recorded in 1590–1600; cat ( def. ) + -ish 1
Example Sentences
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His deviousness, clowning and attention-seeking have something fittingly and convincingly cattish about them.
From The Guardian • Jan. 6, 2011
Penelope is "the sly cattish wife," Odysseus "that cold-blooded egotist," Telemachus "the priggish son who yet met his master-prig in Menelaus."
From Time Magazine Archive
Angela hoped that her laugh was not cattish.
From The Port of Adventure by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)
Bella was cattish, and she was jealous, too.
From When a Man Marries by Rinehart, Mary Roberts
"We," said Harry, "give pussy something out of our plates all cooked and nice, and so I suppose she is a better cat, and less cattish."
From True Stories about Dogs and Cats by Follen, Eliza Lee Cabot
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