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meanness Synonyms

meanness

n.

  1. The quality of being mean

    smallmindedness, baseness, lowness, pettiness, wickedness, debasement, degradation, abjection, shamelessness, infamy, degeneracy, blackguardism, knavishness, unscrupulousness, stinginess, closeness, niggardliness, frugality, churlishness, corruptness, cupidity, sordidness, contemptibleness, disrepute, rapacity, malice, iniquity, malignity, unworthiness, ill-temper, unkindness, covetousness, avarice, miserliness, parsimony; see also greed.

    Antonyms generosity*, nobility, worthiness.

  2. A mean action

    belittling, defaming, groveling, cheating, sneaking, quarreling, scolding, taking advantage of, deceiving, coveting, grudging, grasping, dishonoring, defrauding, perjuring, shaming, degrading, beggaring, stealing.

meanness Quotes

   A land of meanness, sophistry and mist.

—Rochdale

The vice of meanness, condemned in every other country, is in Scotland translated into a virtue called 'thrift'.

—Thomson, David