meanspirited

Questions about meanspirited

What does meanspirited mean?

meanspirited means "lacking in magnanimity". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in meanspirited?

meanspirited has 5 syllables: me-an-spi-ri-ted. The stress falls on "spi".

What is another word for meanspirited?

Close synonyms include ungenerous, base, mean. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is meanspirited a common word?

meanspirited is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.