meanspiritedness

  • 1meanspiritedness — noun The state or condition of being meanspirited …

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  • 2meanspirited — meanspiritedly, adv. meanspiritedness, n. /meen spir i tid/, adj. petty; small minded; ungenerous: a meanspirited man, unwilling to forgive. [1685 95; MEAN2 + SPIRITED] * * * …

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  • 3pusillanimity — n. Cowardice, cowardliness, timidity, poltroonery, recreancy, dastardliness, meanspiritedness, pusillanimousness, effeminacy, faintheartedness, fear …

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  • 4renegade — renegade, apostate, turncoat, recreant, backslider are strongly derogatory terms denoting a person who forsakes his faith or party, a cause, or an allegiance, and aligns himself with another. Renegade, originally applied to a Christian who became …

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  • 5meanspirited — adjective 1. 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 • Syn: ↑ungenerous • Ant: ↑generous (for: ↑ …

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