What does cattiness mean?
Definitions for cattiness
cat·ti·ness
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word cattiness.
Princeton's WordNet
cattiness, bitchiness, spite, spitefulness, nastinessnoun
malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
Wiktionary
cattinessnoun
The quality of being catty; cattishness
Wikipedia
cattiness
Gossip is idle talk or rumour, especially about the personal or private affairs of others; the act is also known as dishing or tattling.Gossip is a topic of research in evolutionary psychology, which has found gossip to be an important means for people to monitor cooperative reputations and so maintain widespread indirect reciprocity. Indirect reciprocity is a social interaction in which one actor helps another and is then benefited by a third party. Gossip has also been identified by Robin Dunbar, an evolutionary biologist, as aiding social bonding in large groups.
ChatGPT
cattiness
Cattiness refers to the act of being deliberately mean-spirited, malicious, spiteful, or nasty, often involving gossip or backhanded comments. This term is often associated with women and feminine behavior, particularly in instances of subtle or indirect social aggressions.
Matched Categories
Usage in printed sourcesFrom:
- [["1882","5"],["1899","1"],["1905","1"],["1909","8"],["1910","4"],["1911","1"],["1912","8"],["1913","1"],["1914","2"],["1915","8"],["1916","4"],["1917","3"],["1919","8"],["1920","5"],["1921","1"],["1922","6"],["1923","5"],["1924","4"],["1925","4"],["1926","1"],["1927","11"],["1928","8"],["1929","6"],["1930","15"],["1931","13"],["1932","10"],["1933","9"],["1934","12"],["1935","16"],["1936","18"],["1937","13"],["1938","18"],["1939","3"],["1940","14"],["1941","21"],["1942","13"],["1943","11"],["1944","10"],["1945","6"],["1946","13"],["1947","20"],["1948","11"],["1949","10"],["1950","25"],["1951","12"],["1952","15"],["1953","16"],["1954","15"],["1955","10"],["1956","27"],["1957","8"],["1958","15"],["1959","10"],["1960","24"],["1961","37"],["1962","13"],["1963","32"],["1964","34"],["1965","19"],["1966","24"],["1967","31"],["1968","28"],["1969","47"],["1970","36"],["1971","60"],["1972","33"],["1973","35"],["1974","34"],["1975","58"],["1976","43"],["1977","51"],["1978","43"],["1979","42"],["1980","45"],["1981","42"],["1982","36"],["1983","74"],["1984","41"],["1985","59"],["1986","47"],["1987","66"],["1988","64"],["1989","87"],["1990","64"],["1991","74"],["1992","84"],["1993","90"],["1994","81"],["1995","105"],["1996","73"],["1997","87"],["1998","105"],["1999","105"],["2000","80"],["2001","122"],["2002","142"],["2003","167"],["2004","152"],["2005","192"],["2006","172"],["2007","173"],["2008","216"]]
Anagrams for cattiness »
scantiest
tacitness
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of cattiness in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of cattiness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Translations for cattiness
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- الخبثArabic
- cattinessCzech
- cattinessDanish
- cattinessGerman
- γατώδεςGreek
- maliciaSpanish
- cattinessPersian
- cattinessFinnish
- rosserieFrench
- cattinessHindi
- cattinessHungarian
- sifat suka membenciIndonesian
- cattinessItalian
- רטינותHebrew
- cattinessJapanese
- cattinessKorean
- cattinessLatin
- cattinessDutch
- cattinessNorwegian
- cattinessPolish
- cattinessPortuguese
- perfidieRomanian
- cattinessRussian
- cattinessSwedish
- சினம்Tamil
- cattinessThai
- cattinessTurkish
- cattinessUkrainian
- cattinessUrdu
- cattinessVietnamese
- קאַטטינעססYiddish
- cattinessChinese
Get even more translations for cattiness »
Translation
Find a translation for the cattiness definition in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Word of the Day
Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?
Citation
Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"cattiness." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2025. Web. 8 Feb. 2025. <https://www.definitions.net/definition/cattiness>.
Discuss these cattiness definitions with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In