Mean-spirited

Alternative forms

• mean spirited
• meanspirited

Full definition of mean-spirited

Adjective

1. Having a base, nasty, petty, or malevolent disposition.
• 1877, Edward_Payson_Roe, A Knight Of The Nineteenth Century, ch. 15,My old acquaintances would sneer at me as a mean-spirited cur, whose best exploit was to get in jail.