mean-spirited
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So she got desperate, and she resorted to mean-spirited gags. | Así que se desesperó, y recurrió a números de maldad. |
This does not mean that he is a petty, mean-spirited man. | Esto no quiere decir que sea tacaño y mezquino. |
It's so cruel, the living situation is so mean-spirited. | La situación que se vive es tan cruel y degradante. |
J. Frank Norris was sometimes mean-spirited. | J. Frank Norris a veces tenía un espíritu malo. |
This is not because he is mean-spirited. | Esto no es porque él tenga malas intenciones. |
I wouldn't say they were mean people, but they can be mean-spirited. | No digo que sean malvados, pero a veces son malos. |
Inappropriate, foul, or mean-spirited language and behavior is not tolerated. | No se tolera ningún tipo de lenguaje o comportamiento inapropiado, malsonante o malintencionado. |
Some speak, perhaps, out of ignorance; others, perhaps, from mean-spirited hostility. | Algunos hablan, tal vez, por ignorancia; otros, tal vez, desde una hostilidad maliciosa. |
Yeah, well, still, I think it's mean-spirited. | Sí, pero aún creo que es mezquino. |
Note: This is a mean-spirited fantasy rather than a story that is entirely true. | Nota: Esta es una fantasía mezquina en vez de una historia que es enteramente verdadera. |
Some people make mean-spirited pranks with the intention of hurting someone or getting revenge. | Algunas personas pueden hacer bromas crueles con la intención de herir a alguien o cobrar venganza. |
It is pusillanimous [mean-spirited] if not dishonest for an informed investigator to say otherwise.' | Es pusilánime [mezquino] si no deshonesto que un investigador conocedor del tema diga lo contrario. |
I don't find that mean-spirited. | No me parece mezquino. |
But they can be mean-spirited. | Pero a veces son malos. |
The central government has been extremely mean-spirited toward the municipalities. | La mezquindad con la cual ha actuado el gobierno central frente a los municipios ha sido extrema. |
Some of the most mean-spirited people I have ever known were antinomians who claimed to be Christians. | Algunas de las personas más mezquinas que he conocido eran antinomios que decían ser Cristianos. |
It's too soft. It's too mean-spirited. | ..."es muy ligero", "es muy mezquino". |
They may be as mean-spirited as they are, but that is not what is driving this. | Puede que sean muy desalmados, pero eso no es lo que mueve el sistema. |
Persons who seem unreasonably stern, stubborn, mean-spirited or unfair may be fulfilling their roles to the letter. | Las personas que parecen demasiado severas, testarudas, miserables o injustas, pueden estar cumpliendo sus roles al pie de la letra. |
I've just had my fill recently of people speaking to me in a mean-spirited way, that's all. | Es que ya he tenido suficiente de personas que me hablan de un modo mezquino, eso es todo. |
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