Mean-spirited vs Feeble - What's the difference?
mean-spirited | feeble | Related terms |
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.
Deficient in physical strength; weak; infirm; debilitated.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=October 23
, author=Tom Fordyce
, title=2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France
, work=BBC Sport
Lacking force, vigor, or efficiency in action or expression; faint.
(obsolete) To make feeble; to enfeeble.
Mean-spirited is a related term of feeble.
As adjectives the difference between mean-spirited and feeble
is that mean-spirited is having a base, nasty, petty, or malevolent disposition while feeble is deficient in physical strength; weak; infirm; debilitated.As a verb feeble is
(obsolete) to make feeble; to enfeeble.mean-spirited
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Alternative forms
*mean spirited *meanspiritedAdjective
(en adjective)References
* * *Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary , 1987-1996.feeble
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Adjective
(er)- Though she appeared old and feeble , she could still throw a ball.
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- That was a feeble excuse for an example.