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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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83 words match “MINDED”

LIGHT-MINDED a.

Unsettled; unsteady; volatile; not considerate. -- Light"-mind`ed*ness, n.

Having a like disposition or purpose; of the same mind. Tillotson.

Inclined in mind to low or unworthy things; showing a base mind. Low-minded and immoral. Macaulay. All old religious jealousies were condemned as low-minded infirmities. Bancroft.

LOW-MINDEDNESS n.

The quality of being lowminded; meanness; baseness.

Having many faculties; versatile; many-sided.

MOTLEY-MINDED a.

Having a mind of a jester; foolish. Shak.

NARROW-MINDED a.

Of narrow mental scope; illiberal; mean. -- Nar"row-mind`ed*ness, n.

NOBLE-MINDED a.

Having a noble mind; honorable; magnanimous. -- No"ble-mind`ed*ness, n.

PUBLIC-MINDED a.

Public-spirited. -- Pub"lic-mind`ed*ness, n.

RIGHT-MINDED a.

Having a right or honest mind. -- Right"-mind`ed*ness, n.

SIMPLE-MINDED a.

Artless; guileless; simple-hearted; undesigning; unsuspecting; devoid of duplicity. Blackstone. -- Sim"ple-mind`ed*ness, n.

SINGLE-MINDED a.

Having a single purpose; hence, artless; guileless; single- hearted.

SOBER-MINDED a.

Having a disposition or temper habitually sober. -- So"ber-mind`ed*ness, n.

SPIRITUAL-MINDED a.

Having the mind set on spiritual things, or filled with holy desires and affections. -- Spir"it*u*al-mind`ed*ness, n.

STRONG-MINDED a.

Having a vigorous mind; esp., having or affecting masculine qualities of mind; -- said of women. -- Strong"-mind`ed*ness, n.

Having a weak mind, either naturally or by reason of disease; feebleminded; foolish; idiotic. -- Weak"-mind`ed*ness, n.

WORLDLY-MINDED a.

Devoted to worldly interests; mindful of the affairs of the present life, and forgetful of those of the future; loving and pursuing this world's goods, to the exclusion of piety and attention to spiritual concerns. -- World"ly*mind`ed*ness, n.

Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied; as, an absent air. What is commonly called an absent man is commonly either a very weak or a very affected man. Chesterfield.

The quality of being absent-minded. H. Miller.

Morally low. Hence: Low-minded; unworthy; without dignity of sentiment; ignoble; mean; illiberal; menial; as, a base fellow; base motives; base occupations. "A cruel act of a base and a cowardish mind." Robynson (More's Utopia). "Base ingratitude." Milton.