Etymology
Origin of meanness
Example Sentences
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“I think the way you ask the question, with the anger and the meanness, is terrible. You go back and learn how to be a reporter. No more questions from you.”
From Salon
The children ran around the grounds and sniffed, but the scents of madness, meanness, and vengeance were nowhere to be found at Ashton Place.
From Literature
But watch those eyes widen when suddenly there’s a test of guts and his meanness flares again.
From Los Angeles Times
There are many reasons for the anger Nazanin exudes, but her meanness conceals more than it gives away.
From Los Angeles Times
To the millions who greedily gobbled up scuttlebutt about her legendary meanness over the years, this is far from a news flash.
From Salon
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