BITCHERY Synonyms: 81 Similar and Opposite Words

bitchery

noun

Definition of bitchery

as in contempt

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Recent Examples of bitchery Weisberger’s book may have been an opportunistic takedown, but the director David Frankel and the screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna spun it into one of the finer Hollywood entertainments of its era, with the pleasing sophistication and bitchery of a classic studio comedy from the forties or fifties. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2026 Throughout many revealing conversations, the braggadocious zeal of Poseidon and Zeus, the sexy aloofness of Aphrodite and Dionysus, and the sniveling bitchery of Hermes and Hypnos were endearing, but all gave way to flawed people who grew deeply over time. — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025 Taylor-Joy brings a cagey survivalism to Margot, a girl who gives the sense she's had to get herself out of ugly scenarios many times before, and the notes Chau hits are delicious, a symphony of passive-aggressive bitchery. — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 16 Nov. 2022 Meredith attempts to bond with Hallie upon their first meeting, and only responds with bitchery after Hallie continually provokes her. — Kristen Lopez, Vox, 28 July 2018 Pip Torrens plays him with delightful, low-key bitchery, which makes up for any lack of snarkiness on behalf of her royal highness. — Joanna Robinson, VanityFair.com, 8 Jan. 2017

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Noun

Griffin was arrested for the killing on Monday, charged with murder, weapon possession, and criminal contempt for violating an order of protection, police said.

— Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026
America’s relative openness to immigrants looked like decadence; cosmopolitanism and internationalism were objects of contempt.

— Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of contempt

Noun

In the interview last week, Knight continued to make no effort to hide his disdain for Davis.

— Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
Michigan Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers brought attention to Abdul el Sayed’s disdain for the state’s beloved Mackinac Island with a trolling post.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of disdain

Noun

In less capable hands, her bitchiness, her vanity, her vindictiveness would have made her one-dimensional.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
As two snotty rich girls, Kate Vernon and Emily Longstreth are positively princess, convincing in their cool bitchiness.

— Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 31 Mar. 2026

Definition of bitchiness

Noun

There are also more complicated emotions, like jealousy, that fabulous women are allowed to express more fully.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2026
Because, as has been extensively covered, of jealousy and the fact that many associate her fans with being on the political right.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of jealousy

Noun

Eating disorders, as those in recovery have stressed, thrive on the pathological evidence of their symptoms, spinning negative attention—concern, disgust—into fatal affirmations.

— Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2026
His shock engagement to Sarita (Hannah Simone), the brainy, beautiful sister of de facto trooper leader Thorny (director Jay Chandrasekhar), pits brother against family and bro against bro, even if Farva doesn’t register his colleague’s disgust.

— Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of disgust

Noun

MacLeod’s revulsion toward copyright comes from frustration, and a desire to divorce art from capital incentives.

— Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 30 July 2026
The deepest reason for this near-universal futility is that most of us remain imprisoned by the delusions of the ego, suffering from alternating cravings and revulsions.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 May 2026

Definition of revulsion

Noun

But your, your thing with the Plücker coordinates, and the… does the zero mean that that’s the analog of repulsion.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 25 June 2026
Similarly, having a conscience means feeling sadness or moral repulsion at the idea of taking a certain action, and those emotions entail a physiological response, a remnant of having once felt sick with guilt after committing an immoral act.

— Ted Chiang, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026

Definition of repulsion

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