Meanness
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Meanness is a noun meaning (uncountable) The condition, or quality, of being mean (any of its definitions).
Meaning
(uncountable) The condition, or quality, of being mean (any of its definitions).
More Meanings
- (countable) A mean act.
Example Sentences
This figure is of a later date, by the meanness of the workmanship.
There are enough meannesses in everyone — ourselves included — to make for us a contemptible world, if we select the meannesses and let our minds dwell upon them.
Word Forms
- meannesses
Synonyms for meanness
Depending on context, synonyms include meandom, niggardliness, parsimony, closeness, parsimoniousness, tightness.
Antonyms for meanness
Common opposites include nobility, nobleness.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tightfistedness, parsimoniousness, parsimony, tightness, minginess, closeness.
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