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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mean-spiritedness
Noun
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The Rays have failed to find common ground with four St. Pete mayors and two Tampa mayors in the past 20 years and have left a trail of animosity in their wake.—
John Romano,
Orlando Sentinel,
15 Mar. 2025 -
Drake and Sabrina Carpenter have been duking it out on the charts lately, as their albums sat at No. 1 and No. 2 respectively last week on the Billboard 200 — but that doesn’t mean that have any animosity towards each other.—
Angel Diaz,
Billboard,
6 Mar. 2025
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What To Know The White House meeting was a striking exchange of open antagonism in the Oval Office, a space typically reserved for formal diplomacy, especially among U.S. allies.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
2 Mar. 2025
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If economic conditions in China continue to deteriorate, Xi could pivot suddenly, perhaps softening his antagonism toward the West.—
Zongyuan Zoe Liu,
Foreign Affairs,
31 Oct. 2024
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Even small shifts can build rapport and defuse hostility.—
Diana Lowe,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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Intentionally directing attacks against civilian infrastructure and civilians who are not directly taking part in hostilities is considered a war crime under international law.—
Clarissa Ward,
CNN,
18 Mar. 2025
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Jose Ibarra was convicted Nov. 20, 2024 of malice murder, three counts of felony murder and assault with intent to rape, among other charges, in Athens-Clarke County Superior Court.—
Alexandra Koch,
Fox News,
20 Mar. 2025
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Worse than his malice is his neediness, which seems to break through that fourth wall to put its sticky fingers around our throats.—
Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
18 Feb. 2025
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And in spite of early mixed reviews, it's become a staple in the rom-com canon, thanks in large part of Roberts and Gere's undeniable onscreen chemistry.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
People.com,
23 Mar. 2025
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But in spite of the Dorchester’s aforementioned experiment, Ducasse’s dining room typically sticks to the French standard.—
Hilary Armstrong,
Robb Report,
22 Mar. 2025
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The call contrasts the leaders' White House meeting on February 28, which ended in rancor.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
20 Mar. 2025
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The band’s announcement of their split came after months of rancor in a management dispute between HYBE and ADOR’s former CEO, Min Hee-jin, who also serves as the group’s creative director.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
7 Feb. 2025
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On a hot streak, Predator and Die Hard director John McTiernan keeps ratcheting up the tension as his two leads get closer to each other, building to a climax that, at the time at least, played like a farewell to American and Russian enmity.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2025
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Zoom out: The current enmity for DEI was on display this week in the congressional hearings for President-elect Trump's Cabinet nominees.—
Emily Peck,
Axios,
17 Jan. 2025
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At others, there are undertones of malevolence, potential violence.—
Deborah Treisman,
The New Yorker,
16 Mar. 2025
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Moreover, there are hints of malevolence at an even grander scale.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2025
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“Mean-spiritedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mean-spiritedness. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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