MEANSPIRITED as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • lacking in magnanimity
   Synonym(s)
   • ungenerous (what does ungenerous mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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
   Antonym(s)
   • generous (what does generous mean?)
   Similar To
   • grudging (what does grudging mean?)
   • uncharitable (what does uncharitable mean?)
   • unforgiving (what does unforgiving mean?)
   See Also
   • stingy (what does stingy mean?)
   • ungenerous (what does ungenerous mean?)
2. Meaning
   • having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality
   Synonym(s)
   • base (what does base mean?)
   • mean (what does mean mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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 vulga
   Similar To
   • ignoble (what does ignoble mean?)