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meanspirited

[ meen-spir-i-tid ]

/ ˈminˈspɪr ɪ tɪd /

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SEE MORE SYNONYMS FOR meanspirited ON THESAURUS.COM

adjective

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

RELATED WORDS

mean-spirited, craven, yellow, yielding, base, low, timid, apostate, skulking, chicken, cowardly, mean, servile, weak, afraid, arrant, dastardly, disloyal, faithless, fearful

Nearby words

means grass, means of production, means test, means-test, means-tested, meanspirited, meanspiritedly, meant, meantime, meantone system, meanwhile

Origin of meanspirited

First recorded in 1685–95; mean² + spirited

Related formsmean·spir·it·ed·ly, adverbmean·spir·it·ed·ness, noun

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for meanspirited

Father is no artist, he is a trader in music, and he is meanspirited as all tradespeople are.
My Austrian Love|Maxime Provost
They are but few and meanspirited that live in peace with all men.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 1 of 14|Elbert Hubbard