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CATTY
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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:
Classified under:
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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