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 | ||