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mean spirited

mean spirited is the alternative spelling of mean-spirited.

Meaning of mean-spirited

Adjective

mean-spirited (comparative more mean-spirited, superlative most mean-spirited)

  1. Having a base, nasty, petty, or malevolent disposition; tawdry.
    • My old acquaintances would sneer at me as a mean-spirited cur, whose best exploit was to get in jail.1877, Edward Payson Roe, chapter 15, in A Knight Of The Nineteenth Century
    Synonyms:
    tawdry

Forms of mean spirited

comparativemore mean spirited
superlativemost mean spirited

Questions about mean spirited

What is mean spirited the alternative spelling of?
Mean spirited is the alternative spelling of mean-spirited.

Words near mean spirited in the dictionary

  1. mean sea levels
  2. mean sidereal time
  3. mean sidereal times
  4. mean solar day
  5. mean solar time
  6. mean spirited
  7. mean square
  8. mean squares
  9. mean standard
  10. mean standards
  11. mean streak

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