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low-minded en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. Having a coarse, unrefined, vulgar demeanor.
    • To low-minded, wanton, and passionate persons it appears most cruel that there should be an obstacle in their way to satisfy their carnal appetite, or that a punishment should be inflicted for their doings. 2015, Moses Maimonides, The Guide for the Perplexed, →ISBN:
  2. Dishonorable.
    • Should you go out with a boy just in order to leave the house and be seen in other places? This seemed mean and low-minded. 2013, Caroline B. Cooney, Fatal Bargain, →ISBN:
    • 'Now, upon my soul, you know,' said Mr Chuckster, shaking his head gravely, as men are wont to do when they consider things are going a little too far, 'this is altogether such a low-minded affair, that if I didn't feel for the governor, and know that he could never get on without me, I should be obliged to cut the connection.' 1841, Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most low-minded Degree=Sup lexicographic
more low-minded Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Antonyms

high-minded

Deriveds

low-mindedly · low-mindedness

Translations (3)

bg просташки (Having a coarse, unrefined, vulgar demeanor) · bg низък (Dishonorable) · bg подъл (Dishonorable)