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meanspirited

adjective

Lacking in magnanimity

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12
Starts with
M
Ends with
D
Contains
EA
Scrabble score
17

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adjective

  1. Lacking in magnanimity

    “{'source': 'Times Litt. Sup.', 'text': 'it seems ungenerous to end this review of a splendid work of scholarship on a critical note'}”

adjective

  1. Having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality

    “{'source': 'Edmund Burke', 'text': 'that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble'}”

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{'source': 'Times Litt. Sup.', 'text': 'it seems ungenerous to end this review of a splendid work of scholarship on a critical note'}
A meanspirited man unwilling to forgive
{'source': 'Edmund Burke', 'text': 'that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble'}
Taking a mean advantage
{'source': 'Shakespeare', 'text': "chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"}
Something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics

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