Synonyms for Meanness

Synonyms for "meanness" (230 found)

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Closest matches (46)

abjectness abominableness atrociousness austerity authoritarianism avarice baseness bearishness beggarliness bigotry bitchinessblind sideblind spotblinders cantankerousness cheapness churlishnessclosed mindcoarseness commonness

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Noun(4 words)

beastliness cattiness closeness cruelty

Adjective(1 words)

cruel disposition

Related words (115)

mean mindmediocrity meekness menialness meretriciousness meritlessness minginess minuteness miserableness miserliness moderateness modesty monstrousnessnarrow sympathiesnarrow viewsnarrow-mindedness narrowness nastiness nearsightedness nefariousness

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niggardliness noxiousness obnoxiousness odiousnessodium theologicumordinariness orneriness paltriness parochialism parsimony penuriousness peonage perversity pettinesspetty mindpicayunishness pitiableness pitifulness plainness plebeianism pokiness poorness provincialism puniness purblindness rankness sadness scabbiness scantiness scantness scrawniness scrimpiness scrubbiness scruffiness scumminess scurviness second-rateness serfdom servility severity shabbiness shoddiness shortsightednessshut mindsimpleness skimpiness slavery slavishness slenderness slightnessslim pickingsslimness smallness snappishness sordidness sorriness spareness squalor stinginess straitlacedness stuffiness submissiveness subnormality subservience subserviency teachableness testiness thinness third-rateness tininess triviality ugliness uncatholicity ungenerousness unimportance unmagnanimousness unpretentiousness unskillfulness unworthiness vileness vulgarity waspishness wickedness worthlessness wretchedness

Noun(10 words)

meandom minginess nastiness niggardliness niggardness parsimoniousness parsimony tightfistedness tightness unkindness

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

7 entries

behavior malevolence malevolency malicemoral qualitypersonality traitstinginess

More specific

3 entries

bullyingdemeaning remarkspite

Collocations

5 entries

institutional meannessmeanness to colleaguesquiet meannessspiteful meannessverbal meanness

Inflections

1 entries

meannesses

Derivations

3 entries

meanish meanly meannesses

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I took for granted that he was above such meanness.

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He is above all meanness.

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Whatever faults he may have, meanness is not one of them.

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He didn't do that out of meanness, but rather out of absent-mindedness.

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