meanness

Noun

Meaning

The condition, or quality, of being mean; want of excellence; poorness; lowness; baseness; sordidness; stinginess.

A mean act; as, to be guilty of meanness.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

tightfistedness malice spite cruelty closeness selfishness parsimony malevolence pettiness nastiness tightness niggardliness niggardness miserliness stinginess
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Antonyms

amity grace favor humanity nobility friendship
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Hypernyms

malice malevolence stinginess malevolency

Hyponyms

pettiness smallness littleness miserliness

Examples

Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness. George Sand

There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour. Benjamin Disraeli

There is always a certain meanness in the argument of conservatism, joined with a certain superiority in its fact. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Never underestimate the meanness in people's souls... Even when they're being kind... especially when they're being kind. Alice Munro

Meanness looks through one eye only, ambition is blind. Russian Proverb

True sages are those who give what they have, without meanness and without secret. Traditional Proverb

Close letter words and terms

meanling meanly meanly drunk means means for reducing means grass