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bitch

/bɪt͡s/

noun

Meaning

  • (dog-breeding) A female dog or other canine, particularly a recent mother.

    "My bitch just had puppies; they're so cute!"

  • A promiscuous woman, slut, whore.

  • A despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, usually a woman.

    "Ann gossiped about me and mocked my work; sometimes she can be a real bitch!"

  • A woman.

  • A man considered weak, effeminate, timid or pathetic in some way

  • A submissive person who does what others want; a man forced or coerced into a homoerotic relationship.

    "Dude, don't be such a bitch. Assert yourself."

  • (of a man) A playful variation on dog (sense "man").

  • (used with a possessive pronoun) Friend.

    "How my bitches been doin'?"

  • A complaint, especially when the complaint is unjustified.

  • (usually only used in the singular) A difficult or confounding problem.

    "Level 5 was a real bitch, don’t you think?"

  • A queen (playing card), particularly the queen of spades in the card game of hearts.

  • Something unforgiving and unpleasant.

    "Karma's a bitch."

  • Place; situation

Synonyms

gripe,
grumble,
kvetch,
moan,
whinge,
pain in the ass,
stinker,
toughie,
female,
she-dog,
gunsel,
punk,
doormat,
slave

verb

Meaning

  • To behave or act as a bitch.

  • To criticize spitefully, often for the sake of complaining rather than in order to have the problem corrected.

    "All you ever do is bitch about the food I cook for you!"

  • To spoil, to ruin.

Synonyms

badmouth,
slag off,
snipe