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mean-spirited

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.55 in modern English

Syllables
mean-spir-it-ed
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a base, nasty, petty, or malevolent disposition; tawdry.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

more mean-spirited (comparative) most mean-spirited (superlative) mean spirited (alternative) meanspirited (alternative)

Derived Forms

meanspiritedly meanspiritedness

Synonyms

tawdry

Questions

What does mean-spirited mean?
Having a base, nasty, petty, or malevolent disposition; tawdry.

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