catty

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With subtle hostility in an effort to hurt, annoy, or upset
A (unit of) weight used in China, generally standardized as less than a kilogram

Transparent yellow pieces are the best; the price is from eight to fourteen dollars per catty, according to size and quality.

If someone, especially a woman or girl, is being catty, they are being unpleasant and unkind. catty remarks. = bitchy. someone who is catty says unkind things about people
any of various units of weight used in southeastern Asia (especially a Chinese measure equal to 500 grams)
An East Indian Weight of 1⅓ pounds
marked by or arising from malice; "a catty remark"
Of a person or a remark, spiteful
A weight used in China
{s} catlike; sly, cunning; jealous, spiteful
catty-corner
See the synonym and definition at catercorner, of which this is a regional spelling variant
catty-cornered
catercorner
catty-corner
kitty-corner
cattier
comparative of catty
cattiest
superlative of catty
cattily
In a catty manner
cattily
in a catlike manner; slyly, cunningly, spitefully
cattiness
malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
cattiness
{i} nature of a cat; cunning, shrewdness, slyness
cattiness
The quality of being catty; cattishness
catty
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