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bitch·y

(bĭch′ē)

adj. bitch·i·er, bitch·i·est Slang

1. Mean, spiteful, or overbearing.

2. In a bad mood; irritable or cranky.

bitch′i·ly adv.

bitch′i·ness n.

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bitchy

(ˈbɪtʃɪ)

adj, bitchier or bitchiest

informal characteristic of or behaving like a bitch; malicious; snide: a bitchy put-down.

ˈbitchily adv

ˈbitchiness n

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Adj.

bitchy - marked by or arising from malice; "a catty remark"

cattish, catty

malicious - having the nature of or resulting from malice; "malicious gossip"; "took malicious pleasure in...watching me wince"- Rudyard Kipling

bitchy

adjective (Informal) spiteful, mean, nasty, cruel, vicious, malicious, barbed, vindictive, malevolent, venomous, snide, rancorous, catty (informal), backbiting, shrewish, ill-natured, vixenish Women are not the only ones who say bitchy things about each other.
kindly, nice, generous, charitable, gracious, magnanimous

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bitchy

adjective

Slang. Characterized by intense ill will or spite:

black, despiteful, evil, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, nasty, poisonous, spiteful, venomous, vicious, wicked.

Translations

مُضايَقٌ في الكلام

jedovatýzlý

spydig

bissig

vache

tíkarlegur; andstyggilegur

klagende masete spydig

hain kancıksivri dilli

爱说人长短的犯贱的

bitchy

[ˈbɪtʃɪ] ADJ (bitchier (compar) (bitchiest (superl))) [person] → malicioso; [remark] → malintencionado, de mala leche (Sp)
to be bitchy to sb → ser malicioso con algn
that was a bitchy thing to do → eso fue una puñalada trapera, eso fue una guarrada (Sp)

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

bitchy

[ˈbɪtʃi] adj (= catty) [person, remark] → vache

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

bitchy

adj (+er) (inf) woman → gehässig, gemein; remark also → bissig; that was a bitchy thing to do/say → das war gehässig or gemein; he started getting bitchy (about her) → er fing an, bissige or gehässige Bemerkungen (über sie) zu machen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

bitchy

[ˈbɪtʃɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → maligno/a
a bitchy remark → una cattiveria

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

bitch

(bitʃ) noun

1. the female of the dog, wolf or fox.

2. a (bad-tempered or unpleasant) woman.

son of a bitch noun, interjection

(slang) an annoying and nasty person; an unpleasant task. The son of a bitch tried to cheat me!

ˈbitchy adjective

(usually of women) fond of making unpleasant comments about people. She is sometimes very bitchy about her colleagues.

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