meanspirited

Words with a similar base: meanspirited

'meanspirited'

[ungenerous.a.01] as in: lacking in magnanimity; - Times Litt.

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Examples:
it seems ungenerous to end this review of a splendid work of scholarship on a critical note
a meanspirited man unwilling to forgive

'meanspirited'

[base.s.05] as in: having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; - Edmund Burke; ; - Shakespeare

Examples:
that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble
taking a mean advantage
chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort
something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics

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