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Definition of Meanspirited
1. Adjective. Lacking in magnanimity. "A meanspirited man unwilling to forgive"
2. Adjective. Having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality. "Something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics"
Definition of Meanspirited
1. a. Of a mean spirit; base; groveling.
Definition of Meanspirited
1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of mean-spirited) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Meanspirited
Literary usage of Meanspirited
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of England from the Accession of James II by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay (1907)
"... but who now pronounced that he was at best a meanspirited coward, and hinted
their suspicions that he had been from the beginning a spy and a trepan. ..."
2. The History of England from the Accession of James the Second by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay (1866)
"... but •who now pronounced that he was at best a meanspirited coward, and hinted
their suspicions that he had been from the beginning a spy and a trepan.3 ..."
3. The History of England, from the Accession of James the Second by Thomas Babington Macaulay (1886)
"... but who now pronounced that he was at best a meanspirited coward, and hinted
their suspicions that he had been from the beginning a spy and a trepan. ..."
4. The Ancient Empires of the East by Archibald Henry Sayce (1907)
"But the exaggerated flattery and meanspirited subservience of the Persian towards
his monarch would be hard to match. His dress implied a cold climate. ..."
5. Heroes and Heroines of Fiction: Modern Prose and Poetry by William Shepard Walsh (1914)
"A justice of the peace, a cringing toady to the aristocracy, but harsh, brutal
and meanspirited to his equals and inferiors, a lineal ancestor of Squire ..."
6. Modern Spain 1788-1898 by Martin Andrew Sharp Hume (1909)
"... as Fernando might be, he was too weak and meanspirited to be useful, even
temporarily, as an ally, ..."
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