
Meaning of MEANSPIRITED
| Pronunciation: | | 'meen'spiritid
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- [adj] 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"
- [adj] 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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MEANSPIRITED is a 12 letter word that starts with M. |
| | Synonyms: | | base, grudging, ignoble, mean, uncharitable, unforgiving, ungenerous |
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| | Antonyms: | | generous | |   |
| | See Also: | | stingy | |
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