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English
Alternative forms
Adjective
mean-spirited (comparative more mean-spirited, superlative most mean-spirited)
- Having a base, nasty, petty, or malevolent disposition.
1877, Edward Payson Roe, chapter 15, in A Knight Of The Nineteenth Century:My old acquaintances would sneer at me as a mean-spirited cur, whose best exploit was to get in jail.
References
- “mean-spirited”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “mean-spirited”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.