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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
meanspirited \mean"spir`it*ed\, mean-spirited
\mean"-spir`it*ed\, a.
1. Of a mean spirit; petty; small-minded; base; groveling; --
of people. -- Mean"-spir`it*ed*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]
2. Done for malevolent reasons; -- of deeds and actions.
Syn: base, contemptible, currish, mean, meanspirited, scurvy.
[WordNet 1.5]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Mean-spirited \Mean"-spir`it*ed\, a.
Of a mean spirit; base; groveling. --
Mean"-spir`it*ed*ness, n.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
meanspirited
adj 1: lacking in magnanimity; "it seems ungenerous to end this
review of a splendid work of scholarship on a critical
note"- Times Litt. Sup.; "a meanspirited man unwilling
to forgive" [syn: ungenerous] [ant: generous]
2: having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality;
"that liberal obedience without which your army would be a
base rabble"- Edmund Burke; "taking a mean advantage";
"chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare;
"something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in
politics" [syn: base, mean]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
mean-spirited
a.
Having a base, nasty, petty, or malevolent disposition.
alt.
Having a base, nasty, petty, or malevolent disposition.
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
meanspirited
a.
(alternative spelling of en mean-spirited)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
mean-spirited
a.
Having a base, nasty, petty, or malevolent disposition.
alt.
Having a base, nasty, petty, or malevolent disposition.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
meanspirited
a.
(alternative spelling of en mean-spirited)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
mean-spirited
a.
Having a base, nasty, petty, or malevolent disposition.
alt.
Having a base, nasty, petty, or malevolent disposition.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
meanspirited
a.
(alternative spelling of en mean-spirited)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
mean-spirited
a.
Having a base, nasty, petty, or malevolent disposition.
alt.
Having a base, nasty, petty, or malevolent disposition.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
meanspirited
a.
(alternative spelling of en mean-spirited)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
mean-spirited
Englanti a.
ilkeämielinen
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
mean-spirited /mˈiːn spˈɪɹɪtɪd/
gehässig, boshaft, übelwollend
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
a. 卑鄙的
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