meanspirited

Letters that make meanspirited

s, a, d, e, n, p, m, r, t, i are letters that make 'meanspirited'

Words within meanspirited

means, PI, spirit, ANS, IT, AN, te, IR, Ted, pi, RI, Ea, ED, spirited, mean, rite, ME, Ir, Te are words within 'meanspirited'


2 possible definitions for 'meanspirited'

Meanspirited as "having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality"

Under this definition, meanspirited is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

base, mean have the same meaning as 'meanspirited'

Derivatives of meanspirited

baseness, sordidness, contemptibility, despicability, beastliness, meanness, despicableness are derivatives of 'meanspirited'.

Similar to meanspirited

ignoble is similar to meanspirited.

Example of meanspirited used within this context

"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"


Meanspirited as "lacking in magnanimity"

Under this definition, meanspirited is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

ungenerous has the same meaning as meanspirited

Antonyms

generous has the opposite meaning of meanspirited

Example of meanspirited used within this context

"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"



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