meannessnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈmiːn.nəs/us/ˈmiːn.nəs/meanness noun [ U ] (WITH MONEY)
the quality of being unwilling to give or share things, especially money
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Mean with money
- cheap
- cheapskate
- cheeseparing
- chintzy
- frugal
- mean
- meanly
- measly
- mingy
- miser
- miserly
- money-grubbing
- parsimonious
- penny-pinching
- scrooge
- skinflint
- stingy
- tight
- tight-fisted
- tightwad
meanness noun [ U ] (UNKINDNESS)
the quality of being unkind towards other people:
He acted out of sheer meanness.
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Unkind, cruel & unfeeling
- acerbic
- acidly
- backbite
- backbiting
- backhanded
- barbaric
- bilious
- cruelty
- cutthroat
- fiendish
- hard-hearted
- have a heart of stone idiom
- insensible
- malign
- remorseless
- ruthless
- sadism
- sadist
- savagery
- waspish
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