meanspirited
US(noun) ['mi:ns'pıərətəd
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
The word 'meanspirited' is a compound of 'mean' (referring to a lack of kindness or generosity) and 'spirited' (referring to one's attitude or disposition).
مثال
- His meanspirited comments hurt her feelings.
- The meanspirited behavior of the politician alienated many voters.
- It was mean-spirited of him to mock her in front of everyone.
تعریف انگلیسی
adjective
- lacking in magnanimity “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”
- having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality “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 vulgar and meanspirited in politics”