Meanie

//ˈmiːni// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A mean (unkind or miserly) person; a killjoy. childish, informal

    "Teacher kept me in after school again. What a meanie!"

  2. 2
    a person of mean disposition wordnet
  3. 3
    A villain. informal

    "If you like your wrestling rough, we've had besides such old and revered roughies as Lisowski, Schmidt, Herman, etc., some great new meanies."

Synonyms

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anusarseholeassass-lickerassmouthassmuncher

Example

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"There were influences that tempered the joys of leaf-kicking—some "meanie" was always ready to hide a big rock, or other disagreeable foreign substance, under a particularly inviting bunch of leaves—then watch and giggle at your discomfiture when you came innocently ploughing along!"

Etymology

From mean + -ie.

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