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meanspirited

[meen-spir-i-tid]

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adjective

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

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

Related Words for meanspirited

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

Examples from the Web for meanspirited

Historical Examples of 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