Meanness and Spite

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Meanness

Meanness noun - The desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm.
Usage example: nothing more than unprovoked meanness drove him to smash the child's toy
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Spite is a synonym for meanness in attitude topic. In some cases you can use "Spite" instead a noun "Meanness".
Nearby Words: mean, meanly

Spite

Spite noun - The desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm.
Usage example: spread cruel lies out of pure spite
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Meanness is a synonym for spite in attitude topic. Sometimes you can use "Meanness" instead a noun "Spite", if it concerns topics such as nastiness.
Nearby Words: spiteful, spitefully, spiting

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pure pure meanness pure spite
sheer sheer meanness sheer spite
petty petty meanness petty spite
actual actual meanness actual spite
Other adjectives: childish, general, growing.

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  • Compare Good Is Not Nice where a character is good in spite of their meanness whereas this trope is where a character is good because of their meanness.
    Source: Rightly Self-Righteous
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