meanspirited (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 2 senses of the word *meanspirited*:
ADJECTIVE	all	meanspirited, ungenerous	lacking in magnanimity
all	meanspirited, base, mean	having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality

English > *meanspirited*: 2 senses > adjective 1
Meaning	lacking in magnanimity.
Example	"a meanspirited man unwilling to forgive"
Synonym	ungenerous
See also	stingy, ungenerous	Unwilling to spend
See also	uncharitable	lacking love and generosity / generosity
Opposite	generous	not petty in character and mind

English > *meanspirited*: 2 senses > adjective 2
Meaning	Having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality.
Example	"something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics"
Synonyms	base, mean
Broader	ignoble	Completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose
Spanish	desdeñable, despreciable, infame, innoble, miserable, ruin, vil
Catalan	desdenyable, despreciable, innoble, menyspreable, miserable, vil
Adverbs	meanspiritedly	in a meanspirited manner

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