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Definition of Cattish
1. Adjective. Marked by or arising from malice. "A catty remark"
Similar to: Malicious
Derivative terms: Bitch, Bitchiness, Cat, Cattiness
Definition of Cattish
1. a. Catlike; feline
Definition of Cattish
1. Adjective. catlike; in the manner of a cat ¹
2. Adjective. stealthy ¹
3. Adjective. sly and spiteful; marked by malice ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cattish
1. catty [adj] - See also: catty
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cattish
Literary usage of Cattish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de ( Cervantes Saavedra, Henry Edward Watts (1888)
"... and presently he laid him down on his bed, after thanking the Duke and Duchess
for their kindness, not because he had any fear of that cattish and ..."
2. Musical history, biography, and criticism by George Hogarth (1838)
"Our English audience have been for some time returning to their cattish ...
How much of this cattish nature may still be detected among the numbers who ..."
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