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

mean-spirited | vile | Related terms |

Mean-spirited is a related term of vile.


As adjectives the difference between mean-spirited and vile

is that mean-spirited is having a base, nasty, petty, or malevolent disposition while vile is morally low; base; despicable.

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.

    vile

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • morally low; base; despicable

    • Synonyms

    * base * despicable * mean * ignoble

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