mean streak

noun

: a tendency to be mean
He has a mean streak.

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This anthology film tells of three fierce human warriors – a vengeful Viking raider, a ninja in feudal Japan and an Allied pilot in World War II – who face off against a deadly alien hunter with otherworldly weaponry and a mean streak. Brian Truitt, USA Today, 13 May 2025 Families fight, yes, but there’s a mean streak here that feels misplaced. Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 9 May 2025 His ability to get into defenders and drive them with leverage is an asset, as is his mean streak. Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025 Booker is a plug-and-play starter, possessing a mean streak and physical demeanor that would pay dividends in keeping Stroud upright and paving the way in the running game. Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025 Still, there’s a daringly mean streak running through this show that sets it apart from other reimaginings of its kind. Emma Stefansky, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2024 Elsa’s mean streak, while amusing and borderline cool — there is something charming about a difficult girl’s reign of terror — is also concerning. Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024 The first two-thirds of the Detroit rapper’s new album is a broadside of in-your-face shock rap, with an occasional old-school feel that revives the vocal mannerisms and mean streak of his Slim Shady persona. Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 13 July 2024 The one saving grace of this mercenary gorefest is its pronounced mean streak; not even adorable moppets are safe from the movie’s nasty, messy, indiscriminate bloodlust, which makes the inexplicable decision to release the movie on Christmas Day even funnier. A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2024

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“Mean streak.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mean%20streak. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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