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
Most voters hate these ads, calling them "shameful" and "mean-spirited."
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2024
Now that he recognized in his heart how he had changed, he had to shift his mind-set, his angry, mean-spirited ways.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
