meanspirited

[ meen-spir-i-tid ]

/ ˈminˈspɪr ɪ tɪd /

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adjective

petty; small-minded; ungenerous: a meanspirited man, unwilling to forgive.

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Origin of meanspirited

First recorded in 1685–95; mean² + spirited

OTHER WORDS FROM meanspirited

mean·spir·it·ed·ly, adverbmean·spir·it·ed·ness, noun

How to use meanspirited in a sentence

Then Eminem decided he wanted in on some of the mean-spirited misogyny, actually rapping about raping Iggy.
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This time she simply told her she was “vicious and mean-spirited.”
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And then when you go there, you are cussed out, called arrogant, mean-spirited, and nasty.
Roland Martin: America, You Can’t Handle the Truth!|Roland S. Martin|January 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He was an awkward, demanding, mean-spirited git from time to time, I assure you.
Spending a Day With Peter O’Toole|Malcolm Jones|December 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST

He said the account started off as a parody but “developed over time into a series of inappropriate and mean-spirited comments.”
Fired White House Tweeter Accused Official of Leaking Stuxnet|Josh Rogin|October 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
After all, we are of the same stock, although your father always flouted me for a mean-spirited churl.
The Doomsman|Van Tassel Sutphen
I'll leave the minute you're mean-spirited enough to let that child go and not afore.
Cy Whittaker's Place|Joseph C. Lincoln
Ulrich von Hutten is one of those men of genius at whom propriety is shocked, and whom the mean-spirited avoid.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 1|Various
Peleg was a terrible mean-spirited, deceiving sort of cretur.
Wheat and Huckleberries|Charlotte Marion (White) Vaile
The miserable things slink about so in such sick and mean spirited fashion.
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