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meanspirited
(encz) | meanspirited, adj: |
mean-spirited
(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] |
meanspirited
(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, meanspirited] [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, meanspirited] |
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meanspiritedly
(encz) | meanspiritedly, adv: |
mean-spirited
(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] |
Mean-spiritedness
(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] |
meanspiritedly
(wn) | meanspiritedly
adv 1: in a meanspirited manner |
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