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Cringing vs Mean-spirited - What's the difference?

cringing | mean-spirited | Related terms |

Cringing is a related term of mean-spirited.


As a verb cringing

is .

As a noun cringing

is act of one who cringes.

As an adjective mean-spirited is

having a base, nasty, petty, or malevolent disposition.

cringing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Act of one who cringes.
    • the servile bowings and cringings of courtiers

    mean-spirited

    English

    Alternative forms

    *mean spirited *meanspirited

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having a base, nasty, petty, or malevolent disposition.
  • *1877 , , 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.

    • References

    * * *Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary , 1987-1996.