bitchiness

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bitch·y

(bĭch′ē)

adj. bitch·i·er, bitch·i·est Slang

1. Mean, spiteful, or overbearing.

2. In a bad mood; irritable or cranky.

bitch′i·ly adv.

bitch′i·ness n.

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Noun

bitchiness - malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty

cattiness, nastiness, spite, spitefulness

malevolency, malice, malevolence - the quality of threatening evil

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bitchiness

[ˈbɪtʃɪnɪs] N → mala leche f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

bitchiness

[ˈbɪtʃinɪs] n → vacherie f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

bitchiness

n → Gehässigkeit f, → Gemeinheit f; (of remark also) → Bissigkeit f

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