mean-spirited
Example Sentences
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Instead of encouraging me to stew in my own mean-spirited juices, the AI asked me a bunch of questions that slowly led me to reflect on what I liked and respected about Little Miss Flaky.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
His misguided approach - often aped on the Accidentally Partridge social media account, which shares cringeworthy clips of public figures - is "provocative" but, Coogan hopes, "never mean-spirited."
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2025
Simon Fraser is lecherous and mean-spirited, but he’s no Black Jack Randall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2025
When you do have moments where you go I think this might be going too far or This is too mean-spirited, how do those hesitations manifest for you?
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2025
Volpe considered many of his classmates to be mean-spirited and some to be outright dangerous.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
