BITCHINESS Synonyms: 81 Similar and Opposite Words

bitchiness

noun

Definition of bitchiness

as in contempt

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Recent Examples of bitchiness In less capable hands, her bitchiness, her vanity, her vindictiveness would have made her one-dimensional. — Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026 As two snotty rich girls, Kate Vernon and Emily Longstreth are positively princess, convincing in their cool bitchiness. — Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 31 Mar. 2026 After Briar’s bitchiness, the sweetest queen of the season, Mandy Mango, enters the building. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 3 Jan. 2026

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Noun

The defense attorney who asked a Louisiana judge to ban pink from the courtroom in the Madison Brooks rape case was held in contempt Monday.

— Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026
The boys’ callousness quickly turned to disgust, their contempt steadily aimed at Neil.

— S. M. Reznik, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of contempt

Noun

The video was quickly met with disdain from Acton, the Democratic Governors Association, and others.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 21 Oct. 2026
For Moscow, though, the deals, the incentives, and even the shared disdain for Kyiv are not seen as a cue to play ball and back down, but as a sign that its US strategy is yielding results.

— Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of disdain

Noun

Fischer and Wilson’s bawdy fable is predominately about how this flammable hunk makes the rest of the villagers burn up with jealousy.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Her unexpected romance with the creation (Alexander Skarsgård) sparks jealousy in the village.

— Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of jealousy

Noun

Weisberger’s book may have been an opportunistic takedown, but the director David Frankel and the screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna spun it into one of the finer Hollywood entertainments of its era, with the pleasing sophistication and bitchery of a classic studio comedy from the forties or fifties.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2026
Throughout many revealing conversations, the braggadocious zeal of Poseidon and Zeus, the sexy aloofness of Aphrodite and Dionysus, and the sniveling bitchery of Hermes and Hypnos were endearing, but all gave way to flawed people who grew deeply over time.

— Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025

Definition of bitchery

Noun

In those days, the general tone of progressive punditry on the subject was somewhere between dark humor and disgust.

— J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026
Also, keep extra toilet paper visible, your hand soap full and some air freshener on the counter, so everyone can use the bathroom without embarrassment or disgust.

— Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of disgust

Noun

Someone else expresses revulsion at seeing dogs devour bodies left to rot, but the disgust doesn’t seem to extend to the killings themselves.

— Jay Weissberg, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026
Anyone with even the mildest case of trypophobia—the sense of revulsion from tiny clusters and holes—should avert their eyes.

— Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of revulsion

Noun

The researchers attributed the low barrier to strong Coulombic repulsion between neighboring lithium ions.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026
On the other hand, the fact that Warren is so annoying reminds us that unreal people can elicit genuine repulsion.

— Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

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