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English adjective: meanspirited | |||
| 1. | meanspirited lacking in magnanimity | ||
| Samples | It seems ungenerous to end this review of a splendid work of scholarship on a critical note. A meanspirited man unwilling to forgive. | ||
| Synonyms | ungenerous | ||
| See also | stingy, ungenerous | ||
| Antonyms | generous | ||
| 2. | meanspirited having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality | ||
| Samples | That liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble. Taking a mean advantage. Chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort. Something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics. | ||
| Synonyms | base, mean | ||
| Similar | ignoble | ||
| Antonyms | noble | ||
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