Definitions for cattish

cattish cat·tish

Spelling: [kat-ish]
IPA: /ˈkæt ɪʃ/

Cattish is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 160 anagrams from letters in cattish (achistt).

Definitions for cattish

adjective

  1. catlike; feline.
  2. spiteful; malicious.

Origin of cattish

First recorded in 1590-1600; cat + -ish1

Examples for cattish

I had a cattish desire to fight him and let him know his place.

Before the end of our engagement, Wharton-Duprez had taken the most cattish dislike to me; I have never known why.

Sort of cattish way of implying that the fair Olga could get along without any moon at all.

It does not seem to be their genius to do more than Fishwomen, to scratch and tear one or two to pieces in a cattish fury.

Mrs. Hetherington, whom the end of the voyage had left nervy and cross, said cattish things.

And be gracious to everybody, even to those who have been most cattish.

Of course the girls did not call it cattish even in their own minds—just thoughtlessness.

McTerza, with a cattish spring, leaped through a rain of brickbats for Rucker.

She had very good hair but grey eyes, that gave her a cattish appearance.

As if I didn't know, when I'm in that mood, I'm a cattish little spitfire!

Word Value for cattish
Scrable

12

Words with friends

12

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