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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs cat and catsit which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

cattish
  1. catlike; in the manner of a cat
  2. stealthy
  3. sly and spiteful; marked by malice
  4. Synonyms:
      5. catty, petulant, cantankerous, snappy, nagging, discontented, quarrelsome, irritable, peevish, criticizing, scolding, rancorous, captious, snide, grumbling, litigious, backbiting, aggressive, mean, cavilling, complaining, carping, shrewish, venomous, vindictive, criticising, nasty, spiteful, caviling, vixenish, ill-humored, ill-tempered, sharp-tongued, fault-finding, ill-humoured, bad-tempered, ill-natured, critical, on someone's back … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “Sort of cattish way of implying that the fair Olga could get along without any moon at all.”
      “She had a fixation with cats that leaked out as a sort of low sub-vocal purr that accentuated her speech, along with other more cattish noises.”
      “We may perceive cats playing with the mice they hunt as cruel, but this is a human, not a cattish, response.”
catlike
  1. resembling a cat; feline
  2. slow, deliberate, quiet and stealthy
  3. Synonyms:
      4. feline, catty, leonine, pussylike
  4. Examples:
      5. “He vaulted the fence that separated him from his backyard and landed catlike on the ground.”
      “As it was, his expression hardened, the catlike sharpness of his pupils glinting dangerously.”
      “When Posey reached the far baseline boxed in with nowhere to go, the catlike Oliver batted the ball away, grabbed it, and bounded back downcourt.”
catty
  1. (informal, of a person or remark) With subtle hostility in an effort to hurt, annoy, or upset, particularly among women.
  2. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a cat.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. cruel, malicious, mean, spiteful, snide, backbiting, hateful, malevolent, nasty, rancorous, snarky, venomous, vicious, vindictive, barbed, bitter, cutting, hurtful, unkind, virulent, vitriolic, wounding, acid, bad, defamatory, despiteful, hostile, malignant, shrewish, slanderous, evil, malefic, maleficent, poisonous, wicked, malign, ill-natured, biting, caustic, scathing, acrimonious, acerbic, sharp, sarcastic, unfriendly, mordant, harsh, acidulous, sardonic, trenchant … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “And as nerves fray and tempers rise, you can be assured of a catty remark or backstage rumpus.”
cat
  1. (Ireland, informal) terrible, disastrous.
catly
  1. Of or pertaining to cats; feline.
  2. Examples:
      3. “Automatically, he scanned the premises for catly mischief, just as Nick Bamba scanned a vacated guest room for missing lightbulbs and dripping hot water faucets.”
catless
  1. Without a cat or cats.
cattier
  1. comparative form of catty: more catty
  2. Synonyms:
      3. crueler, meaner, spitefuller, snider, hatefuller, nastier, snarkier, viciouser, bitterer, unkinder, badder, eviller, wickeder, more malicious, more backbiting, more malevolent, more rancorous, more venomous, more vindictive, more barbed, more cutting, more hurtful, more virulent, more vitriolic, more acid, more defamatory, more despiteful, more hostile, more malignant, more shrewish, more slanderous, more malefic, more maleficent, more poisonous, more malign, more ill-natured, more biting, more caustic, more scathing, more acrimonious, more acerbic, sharper, more sarcastic, more mordant, more sardonic, more trenchant, more pernicious, harsher, unfriendlier, more mordacious … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “They would have preferred something cattier, but I had nothing catty to say.”
      “Yes, it has been tougher, lonelier and cattier than she expected on the women's circuit.”
      “Lebanon's blogging community has in recent past shown its cattier competitiveness, which is why the supportive turnout Tuesday night was a testament to Khairallah's success.”
cattiest
  1. superlative form of catty: most catty
  2. Synonyms:
      3. cruelest, meanest, spitefullest, snidest, hatefullest, nastiest, snarkiest, viciousest, bitterest, unkindest, baddest, evillest, wickedest, most malicious, most backbiting, most malevolent, most rancorous, most venomous, most vindictive, most barbed, most cutting, most hurtful, most virulent, most vitriolic, most acid, most defamatory, most despiteful, most hostile, most malignant, most shrewish, most slanderous, most malefic, most maleficent, most poisonous, most malign, most ill-natured, most biting, most caustic, most scathing, most acrimonious, most acerbic, sharpest, most sarcastic, most mordant, most sardonic, most trenchant, most pernicious, harshest, unfriendliest, most mordacious … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Last weekend, the cattiest of Hollande's ministers went a step too far, slamming France's economic policy, and was finally ousted.”
catted
  1. simple past tense and past participle of cat
catting
  1. present participle of cat
catsat
  1. simple past tense and past participle of catsit
catsitting
  1. present participle of catsit
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