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catty

[kat-ee] / ˈkæt i /


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Priya later apologised for her comment on Aftersun, saying it was "completely out of line" and "catty".

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

The Hulu show "The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives" followed the catty fallout from the revelation among a group of Utah-based TikTok influencers, and has so far run for multiple seasons.

From Barron's Mar. 20, 2026

It’s catty, and one of the intriguing twists in a show that may eventually kill itself with complications.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 22, 2026

Paul Feig’s flair for crowd-pleasers about catty women has been tilting from comedy to thriller ever since the cult success of 2018’s “A Simple Favor.”

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 18, 2025

She’s not nearly as catty these days and is becoming a real friend.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

One cat can yield four to five catties.

From BBC Oct. 26, 2023

The company said it had accepted 860,000 catties of garlic in deals involving 30 homes.

From BBC Jul. 5, 2022

The garlic promotion attracted 852 visits and 30 transactions involving 860,000 catties of garlic during the 16 days it was available, the advertisement said.

From Reuters Jun. 21, 2022

Not even ten catties of gold, say refugees from Changchun, can buy an air ticket from the dying northeastern capital.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1823, many of the chests of Patna lost five catties from this cause, and to this day we have the same thing continuing to occur.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by P. L. Simmonds

The cat could be seen through a perspex dome in Schiffer's argyle-patterned backpack cat cattier - complete with plenty of air holes.

From BBC Jan. 25, 2024

She can be cattier than a back fence.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ages 18 to 23, they have been the hit of "collections week," though cattier observers noted one or two faux pas on the runway.

From Time Magazine Archive

Here are 16 more of the cattiest critical reactions from across the internet:

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 18, 2019

In 2009, the year that the first season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” was broadcast, the buzziest reality shows on television tended to be the most melodramatic and cattiest — “Survivor” or “The Hills.”

From New York Times Jan. 24, 2018

Rancic weighed in last and, per usual, delivered the group's cattiest remarks.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 24, 2015

An early feminist whose most famous play showed women at their cattiest, a formidable grande dame of high society who was one of its most caustic satirists, Luce made a career of eluding categories.

From Time Magazine Archive

The liveliest, cattiest New York gossip now has shifted to the pages of Women's Wear Daily.

From Time Magazine Archive




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