meanspirited
[ meen-spir-i-tid ]
/ ˈminˈspɪr ɪ tɪd /
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,
- meanspiritedly,
- meant,
- meantime,
- meantone system,
- meanwhile
Origin of meanspirited
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 ProvostThey 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