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CATTY

Pronunciation (US):

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Irregular inflected forms: cattier    , cattiest   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various units of weight used in southeastern Asia (especially a Chinese measure equal to 500 grams)

Synonyms:

cattie; catty

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("catty" is a kind of...):

weight; weight unit (a unit used to measure weight)

Domain region:

Cathay; China; Communist China; mainland China; People's Republic of China; PRC; Red China (a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Marked by or arising from malice

Example:

a catty remark

Synonyms:

bitchy; cattish; catty

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

malicious (having the nature of or resulting from malice)

Derivation:

cat (a spiteful woman gossip)

cattiness (malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty)

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