mean-spirited
Example Sentences
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Now he’s posting a social media message to the European team apologizing for the “rude and mean-spirited behavior” at the Cup.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025
"I'd like to apologise for the rude and mean-spirited behaviour from our American crowd at Bethpage," said 76-year-old Watson.
From BBC • Sep. 29, 2025
Divorce makes for good drama in any era, but vintage society’s unspoken rules about shunning divorced women seem simultaneously silly, bizarre and mean-spirited.
From Salon • Sep. 14, 2025
They’re notably mean-spirited and, often, comically wordy, in the way of those T-shirts featuring scrolls of indignant text down someone’s back, often printed in Impact, the meme font.
From Slate • Oct. 26, 2024
In Leon’s life, or rather, in his account of his life, no one was mean-spirited, no one schemed or lied or betrayed.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
