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单词 bitchiness
释义
bitchybitch‧y /ˈbɪtʃi/ adjective Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • She was always making bitchy comments about people's clothes and make-up.
  • That's a bitchy thing to say.
  • The other girls in my class were often bitchy towards me because I studied so hard.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • I never heard her say a bitchy word about Diana.
  • It was a bitchy profession, and Blythe was more bitchy than most.
  • That night I tried not being decent, being sharp and bitchy, instead.
  • The close, sweet, bitchy - as far as Alice was concerned - cloying, claustrophobic world of women.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorunkind comments or remarks
something you say to someone that is unkind , makes them feel unhappy or upset: · He said some very unkind things about my clothes.· She was used to the unkind remarks made by other students. unkind about: · Why are you always so unkind about Christina?never say an unkind word about somebody: · I never heard her say an unkind word about anyone.
if you talk about someone behind their back , you say rude or unkind things about them when they are not present: · I'm sure the other girls are talking about me behind my back.· His name is Mr McLeod, but his students call him "Big Nose" behind his back.
criticizing someone or something in an unkind but clever way: · Hayward made some pretty caustic comments about your poetry.caustic wit/humour: · Some of his students were alienated by his caustic wit.
a remark that is cutting is very unkind and is intended to hurt someone's feelings, especially by making them feel stupid or unimportant: · Emily always managed to say something cutting whenever we met at a party.· At the meeting Mark made some cutting remarks about Sally, who wasn't there to defend herself.
someone who is bitchy or who makes bitchy remarks says unkind things about another person, especially about the way they look or behave - used especially by women when talking about other women: · She was always making bitchy comments about people's clothes and make-up.bitchy about/towards: · The other girls in my class were often bitchy towards me because I studied so hard.
a snide remark criticizes someone in an unkind way, but is not very direct: · As she uttered these words she realized they sounded snide and insinuating.snide comments/remarks: · The teacher kept making snide comments about my pronunciation, which really embarrassed me.
cruel and deliberately intended to hurt someone's feelings or to make their character seem very bad: · The Senator launched a vicious attack on the former President.· Someone is conducting a vicious campaign of false rumours against the Royal Family.
unkind and unpleasant about other people SYN  catty:  a bitchy remark She can be really bitchy sometimes.bitchily adverbbitchiness noun [uncountable]
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