Meanspirited
2 definitions retrieved  meanspirited \mean"spir`it*ed\, mean-spirited \mean"-spir`it*ed\, a. 1. Of a mean spirit; petty; small-minded; base; groveling; -- of people. -- Mean"-spir`it*ed*ness, n. [1913 Webster] 2. Done for malevolent reasons; -- of deeds and actions. Syn: base, contemptible, currish, mean, meanspirited, scurvy. [WordNet 1.5]  meanspirited adj 1: lacking in magnanimity; "it seems ungenerous to end this review of a splendid work of scholarship on a critical note"- Times Litt. Sup.; "a meanspirited man unwilling to forgive" [syn: ungenerous, meanspirited] [ant: generous] 2: having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; "that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burke; "taking a mean advantage"; "chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare; "something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics" [syn: base, mean, meanspirited] Meanspirited related |
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