kitty-cornered kit·ty·cor·nered uncommon adjective 1. slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line “set off in a catty-corner direction across the vacant lot” Synonymscatacornercata-corneredcatercornercater-corneredcatty-cornercatty-corneredkitty-corner Similaroblique WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved.