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meanness

[meen-nis] / ˈmin nɪs /




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Gandy had been in so many fights he was scarred up like a back alley tomcat, which didn’t seem to help his meanness at all.

From Literature

Bruno might feel smaller than me even, but I didn’t think meanness was ever in anyone’s destiny.

From Literature

I must have radiated foul meanness of the most terrible kind.

From Literature

“I think the way you ask the question, with the anger and the meanness, is terrible. You go back and learn how to be a reporter. No more questions from you.”

From Salon

The children ran around the grounds and sniffed, but the scents of madness, meanness, and vengeance were nowhere to be found at Ashton Place.

From Literature