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meanspirited |
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meanspirited
mean•spir•it•ed (ˈminˈspɪr ɪ tɪd) adj. petty; small-minded; ungenerous. [1685–95] mean′spir′it•ed•ly, adv. mean′spir′it•ed•ness, n. ThesaurusAdj. | 1. | meanspirited - 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"ungenerousstingy, ungenerous - unwilling to spend; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds" | | 2. | meanspirited - 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"mean, baseignoble - completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose; "something cowardly and ignoble in his attitude"; "I think it a less evil that some criminals should escape than that the government should play an ignoble part"- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. |
meanspirited
Synonyms for meanspiritedadj lacking in magnanimitySynonymsRelated Wordsadj having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or moralitySynonymsRelated Words |
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