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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MEAN-SPIRITED

MEAN-SPIRITED Mean "-spir `it *ed, a.

 

Defn: Of a mean spirit; base; groveling. -- Mean "-spir `it *ed *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

mean-spirited

mean-spir it ed ▶adjective unkind and ungenerous; unwilling to help others: the voice of an intolerant scold, narrow and shrill and mean-spirited.

 

Oxford Dictionary

mean-spirited

mean-spir it ed ▶adjective unkind and ungenerous; unwilling to help others: the voice of an intolerant scold, narrow and shrill and mean-spirited.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

mean-spirited

m è an-sp í rit ed /-ɪd /形容詞 卑劣な, 心の狭い .