Mean-spirited

Synonyms for "mean-spirited" (50 found)

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authoritarian bigoted closed closed minded constricted cramped creedbound deaf

Adjective(2 words)

carrion contemptible

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Adjective(7 words)

derisible despicable halfhearted ignominious mean miserable murrain

fanatical hidebound illiberal insular little little minded mean narrow

Related words (25)

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meanspiritedly meanspiritedness

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Worse still was the mean-spirited stuff that it was OK for my friends to know about, but the thought of anyone else knowing about it made me itch with shame.

Source: tatoeba (2237911)

You're a mean-spirited man.

Source: tatoeba (4500964)

Just stop with the mean-spirited stuff.

Source: tatoeba (10629675)

You may think he is a friendly guy, but once you get to know him a little more, you start to know just how mean-spirited he can be.

Source: tatoeba (12585083)

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