Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bitched

/bɪt͡ʃt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.45 in modern English

Syllables: bitched
IPA: /bɪt͡ʃt/

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of bitch

adj

Wretched; vile; accursed; damned

Archaic; Literary

adj

Causing difficulty; nasty; unpleasant; problematic; (intensifier) damned, bloody

Example Sentences

"Such is the whelping of the bitched bones two: Perjury, anger, cheating, homicide."
"A Sussex villager told his friends that Elizabeth Best was a 'bitched whore', and offered a shilling to anyone who would drive his cart to her door and say, 'Dame, here is a cart load of whores'."
"For example, she fought a bitched battle with the Condorloser, although she, the Boxer, was eventually vanquished."
"Sully took a look and diagnosed a bitched spring, but said he could make a temporary repair."
"Let us renounce the dichotomies of the bitched mandarins."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der. Proto-Germanic *bikjanąder. Proto-Germanic *bikjǭ Proto-West Germanic *bikkjā Old English biċċe Middle English bicche English bitch English -ed English bitched From bitch + -ed.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: bicched

Usage

Inflected Forms

more bitched (comparative) most bitched (superlative)

Rhymes With

switched pitched enriched ditched stitched hitched bewitched glitched itched

Questions

How do you pronounce bitched?: The recorded pronunciation is /bɪt͡ʃt/.
What does bitched mean?: simple past and past participle of bitch
Where does bitched come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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