bitchy

adj
/ˈbɪt͡ʃi/

Etymology

From bitch + -y (adjectival suffix).

  1. derived from *bikjaną — “to thrust, attack
  2. inherited from *bikjǭ — “female dog
  3. inherited from *bikkjā
  4. inherited from biċċe
  5. inherited from biche
  6. suffixed as bitchy — “bitch + y

Definitions

  1. Spiteful or malevolent

    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.
  2. Irritable.

    • He’s really bitchy in the morning.
  3. 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; […]
    • […] Hatteraick is good in shape and well feathered, but bitchy in face; […]
    • The latter, though his muzzle is too weak and expression too bitchy, scores over his opponent in head properties, but he wants more bone, of better formation, is wide in front, very short and thick in neck and coarse in shoulders.
  4. + 1 more definition
    1. Diminutive of bitch (“a female dog”).

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA