adj
Meaning 1
catlike; in the manner of a cat
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: catty
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
cattish
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/ˈkætɪʃ/
adj
Meaning 2
stealthy
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
sly and spiteful; marked by malice
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: catty
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
marked by or arising from malice
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a catty remark
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bitchy, catty
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *kattuz Proto-West Germanic *kattu Old English catt Middle English cat English cat Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English cattish From cat + -ish.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: котешки (koteški) — catlike
- Dutch: katachtig — catlike
- German: katzenhaft — catlike
- Bulgarian: хитър (hitǎr) — sly and spiteful
- Bulgarian: лукав (lukav) — sly and spiteful
- Bulgarian: злобен (zloben) — sly and spiteful
- Dutch: kattig — sly and spiteful
- German: boshaft — sly and spiteful
- German: falsch — sly and spiteful
- German: gehässig — sly and spiteful