meanspirited \mean"spir`it*ed\, mean-spirited
\mean"-spir`it*ed\, a.
1. Of a mean spirit; petty; small-minded; base; groveling; --
of people. --
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
|
|
|