meanspirited [
'mi:n'spritid]
a. 卑鄙的
meanspirited[ adj ]- lacking in magnanimity
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it seems ungenerous to end this review of a splendid work of scholarship on a critical note
a meanspirited man unwilling to forgive
- having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality
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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
meanspirited \mean"spir`it*ed\, mean-spirited
\mean"-spir`it*ed\, a.
1. Of a mean spirit; petty; small-minded; base; groveling; --
of people. -- {Mean"-spir`it*ed*ness}, n.
2. Done for malevolent reasons; -- of deeds and actions.
Syn: base, contemptible, currish, mean, meanspirited, scurvy.
[WordNet 1.5]