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Synonyms & Antonyms of mean-spirited
feeling or showing a desire to cause harm or pain
- a mean-spirited person
- He wrote a mean-spirited book review.
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for mean-spirited
- contemptuous,
- deprecating,
- derogatory,
- disdainful,
- disparaging,
- obnoxious,
- opprobrious,
- scornful,
- snide,
- snotty,
- unkind,
- unkindly,
- unloving
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for mean-spirited
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“Mean-spirited.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mean-spirited. Accessed 28 Jan. 2022.
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The first known use of mean-spirited was in 1694
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