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bitchy

/ˈbɪt͡ʃi/

bitchy adjective: spiteful or malevolent; catty; malicious; unpleasant. Also the diminutive of bitch.

Adjective

bitchy (comparative bitchier, superlative bitchiest)

  1. (colloquial) Spiteful or malevolent; catty; malicious; unpleasant.
    • What she said—and what she did—was really bitchy.
    • “Israel is trying to get Iran to attack us just like your bitchy ex who tried goading some dude in a bar to fight you,” Tim Pool, the popular rightwing podcaster, wrote on X.2025 June 14, Guy Chazan, quoting Tim Pool, “Trump’s anti-war pledge tested as Maga base fears entanglement in fresh conflict”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1
  2. (colloquial) Irritable.
    • He’s really bitchy in the morning.
  3. (archaic, informal, rare) Resembling or characteristic of a female dog.
    • Greyhounds (dogs 4, bitches 2): All moderate; the small bitchy-looking Speculation was placed 1st in dogs, and Kate, by Cauld Kail—Graceful, was 1st in bitches, the former taking cup for best in both classes; […]1877 January 4, “Dog Shows”, in The Country: A Journal of Rural Pursuits, volume VIII, London, page 22, column 1
    • […] Hatteraick is good in shape and well feathered, but bitchy in face; […]1882 December 28, “Birmingham Dog Show”, in Forest and Stream. A Weekly Journal of the Rod and Gun. […], volume XIX, number 22, New York, N.Y.: […] [T]he Forest and Stream Publishing Company...

Also used as

bitchy is also the diminutive of bitch.

Examples of bitchy in a sentence

  • His head is bitchy and he is not a show dog. […] Sir Knight, V H C, is light in the quarters, bitchy in head, only fair in limb and not very strong in loin.1897 April 2, C. H. M., “Pittsburgh Dog Show”, in Turf, Field, and Farm, volume LXIV, number 14, New York, N.Y., page 528, column 2:
  • One man would say Hard Cash; another would answer that he is too light and bitchy.1907, Outing, volume 50, page 496, column 1:
  • Searchlight has a beautiful Cocker head, but as he is a dog, his head is too fine and far too much upon the bitchy order.1908, Dogdom, volume 9, page 337, column 1:
  • Scrappy Downhill, not quite enough bone, rather flat ribbed, and a little bitchy headed.1935, The American Kennel Gazette, volume 52, American Kennel Club, page 73, column 1:

Forms of bitchy

Adjective
comparativebitchier
superlativebitchiest
Noun
pluralbitchies

Origin of bitchy

From bitch + -y (adjectival suffix).

From bitch + -y (diminutive suffix).

Words formed from bitchy

Phrases with bitchy

Words that rhyme with bitchy

Questions about bitchy

What does bitchy mean?
Bitchy means spiteful or malevolent; catty; malicious; unpleasant.
How do you use bitchy in a sentence?
His head is bitchy and he is not a show dog. […] Sir Knight, V H C, is light in the quarters, bitchy in head, only fair in limb and not very strong in loin.
What part of speech is bitchy?
Bitchy is an adjective.
How do you pronounce bitchy?
Bitchy is pronounced /ˈbɪt͡ʃi/.

Words near bitchy in the dictionary

  1. bitchwad
  2. bitchwads
  3. bitchwhore
  4. bitchwhores
  5. bitchwork
  6. bitchy
  7. bitchy pants
  8. bitchy resting face
  9. bitchy resting faces
  10. bitchy-pants
  11. bitchypants

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