Synonyms for meanness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : meen-nis |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈmin nɪs |
Top 10 synonyms for meanness Other synonyms for the word meanness
- churlishness
- contemptibleness
- coveting
- covetousness
- debasement
- deceiving
- defaming
- defrauding
- degeneracy
- degradation
- degrading
- dishonoring
- disrepute
- frugality
- groveling
- grudging
- ill-temper
- infamy
- iniquity
- knavishness
- lowness
- malignity
- miserliness
- parsimony
- pettiness
- quarreling
- rapacity
- scolding
- shamelessness
- shaming
- smallmindedness
- sneaking
- sordidness
- stinginess
- unkindness
- unscrupulousness
- unworthiness
- wickedness
Définition of meanness
Origin :- 1550s, "weakness," from mean (adj.) + -ness. Sense of "baseness, poverty" is from 1650s; that of "stinginess" from 1755.
- noun the quality of being mean
- noun a mean action
- But he was a generous man and all meanness of spirit was foreign to his soul.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- Still, I don't mind that, only as an indication of his meanness.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- There are depths of meanness in your character, Renny, that I never suspected.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- Oh, how you must have despised me for the folly, the meanness of my suspicions!
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- She despised herself for the meanness of her passion, and Joseph for its ill success.
- Extract from : « Joseph Andrews Vol. 1 » by Henry Fielding
- All I can promise is to preserve my mind from the meanness of suspicion.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- It is here that the narrowness of the mind of woman is revealed in all its meanness.
- Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
- Sir, to leave things out of a book because they will not be believed, is meanness.
- Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael
- But prayer as a means to effect a private end is meanness and theft.
- Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- There seems to be no interval between greatness and meanness.
- Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Antonyms for meanness
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