All cattiness synonyms

noun cattiness

• lie — Jonas, 1880–1940, U.S. painter, born in Norway.
• slander — defamation; calumny: rumors full of slander.
• abuse — Abuse of someone is cruel and violent treatment of them.
• spite — a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
• gossip — idle talk or rumor, especially about the personal or private affairs of others: the endless gossip about Hollywood stars.
• revenge — to exact punishment or expiation for a wrong on behalf of, especially in a resentful or vindictive spirit: He revenged his murdered brother.
• malevolence — the quality, state, or feeling of being malevolent; ill will; malice; hatred.
• meanness — the state or quality of being mean.
• vengefulness — desiring or seeking vengeance; vindictive: a vengeful attitude.
• cruelty — Cruelty is behaviour that deliberately causes pain or distress to people or animals.
• maliciousness — full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip.
• anger — Anger is the strong emotion that you feel when you think that someone has behaved in an unfair, cruel, or unacceptable way.
• vicious — addicted to or characterized by vice; grossly immoral; depraved; profligate: a vicious life.
• cussedness — cursed.
• orneriness — ugly and unpleasant in disposition or temper: No one can get along with my ornery cousin.
• hatefulness — arousing hate or deserving to be hated: the hateful oppression of dictators.
• nastier — physically filthy; disgustingly unclean: a nasty pigsty of a room.
• unkindness — lacking in kindness or mercy; severe.
• aspersion — a disparaging or malicious remark; slanderous accusation (esp in the phrase cast aspersions (on))
• calumny — Calumny or a calumny is an untrue statement made about someone in order to reduce other people's respect and admiration for them.
• defamation — Defamation is the damaging of someone's good reputation by saying something bad and untrue about them.
• depreciation — the reduction in value of a fixed asset due to use, obsolescence, etc
• detraction — a person, thing, circumstance, etc, that detracts
• disparagement — the act of disparaging.
• invective — vehement or violent denunciation, censure, or reproach.
• malice — desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness: the malice and spite of a lifelong enemy.
• obloquy — censure, blame, or abusive language aimed at a person or thing, especially by numerous persons or by the general public.
• scandal — a disgraceful or discreditable action, circumstance, etc.
• tale — a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story: a tale about Lincoln's dog.
• vituperation — verbal abuse or castigation; violent denunciation or condemnation.
• belittlement — to regard or portray as less impressive or important than appearances indicate; depreciate; disparage.
• calumniation — to make false and malicious statements about; slander.
• denigration — to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame: to denigrate someone's character.
• spitefulness — full of spite or malice; showing spite; malicious; malevolent; venomous: a spiteful child.
• traducement — to speak maliciously and falsely of; slander; defame: to traduce someone's character.
• vilification — to speak ill of; defame; slander.
• backstabbing — Backstabbing consists of unkind and disloyal actions or remarks that are likely to harm someone such as a friend or colleague.