Definition of Meanspirited in English :

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Meanspirited

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Adjective

1. meanspirited, ungenerous

lacking in magnanimity

Example Sentences:
'it seems ungenerous to end this review of a splendid work of scholarship on a critical note'
'a meanspirited man unwilling to forgive'

2. base, mean, meanspirited

having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality

Example Sentences:
'that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble'
'taking a mean advantage'
'chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort'
'something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Meanspirited

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adjective
characterized by malice or pettiness
they were a mean-spirited lot, biting the hands that feed them
mean-spirited killjoys
a mean-spirited attempt to scapegoat

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Meanspirited

see synonyms of meanspirited
adjective
characterized by or displaying a propensity to be mean; selfish, malicious, etc.

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