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mean-spirited |
Overview of adj mean-spirited The adj meanspirited has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. ungenerous, meanspirited -- (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") 2. base, mean meanspirited -- (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") Antonyms of adj mean-spirited 2 senses of meanspirited Sense 1 ungenerous (vs. generous), meanspirited Sense 2 base, mean meanspirited INDIRECT (VIA ignoble) -> noble Similarity of adj mean-spirited 2 senses of meanspirited Sense 1 ungenerous (vs. generous), meanspirited => grudging => uncharitable, unforgiving Also See-> stingy#1, ungenerous#2 Sense 2 base, mean meanspirited => ignoble (vs. noble) Attributes of adj mean-spirited Familiarity of adj mean-spirited meanspirited used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Overview of adj mean-spirited The adj meanspirited has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. ungenerous, meanspirited -- (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") 2. base, mean meanspirited -- (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")
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