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

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Mean-spirited is a related term of degraded.


As adjectives the difference between mean-spirited and degraded

is that mean-spirited is having a base, nasty, petty, or malevolent disposition while degraded is feeling or having undergone degradation; deprived of dignity or self-respect.

As a verb degraded is

(degrade).

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.

    degraded

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Feeling or having undergone degradation; deprived of dignity or self-respect.
    • The Netherlands were reduced practically to a very degraded condition. — Motley.
  • (biology) Having the typical characters or organs in a partially developed condition, or lacking certain parts.
    • Some families of plants are degraded dicotyledons. — Dana.
  • (heraldry) Having steps; said of a cross whose extremities end in steps growing larger as they leave the centre; on degrees.

    • Synonyms

    * humiliated

    Verb

    (head)
  • (degrade)