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like cats and dogs

ADVERB
fiercely
Synonyms
STRONGEST
angrily boldly brutally ferociously forcefully frantically furiously madly mightily passionately savagely severely vehemently viciously wildly
WEAK
awfully forcibly frenziedly frighteningly hard horribly impetuously in a frenzy irresistibly maleficiently malevolently malignly monstrous no holds barred riotously roughly stormily tempestuously terribly threateningly tigerishly tooth and nail turbulently uncontrollably venomously with bared teeth
Antonyms
STRONGEST
calmly gently
WEAK
kindly mildly quietly tamely

Example Sentences

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She said she had also seen hedgehogs, bats and even domestic animals like cats and dogs trapped by them.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

The kitten also didn’t have a pad on the back of its wrist, like cats and dogs do today.

From NewsForKids.net • Nov. 20, 2024

Emma and Emily are oil and water and fight like cats and dogs.

From Slate • Oct. 21, 2023

“We would fight like cats and dogs over every film we showed,” Ms. Keys, a former member of the selection committee, said in a phone interview.

From New York Times • Aug. 23, 2022

It was born in a hundred small quarrels, the quarrels of women whose children must live and play together and fight each other like cats and dogs.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck