meanness — English Dictionary

Noun

1. The condition, or quality, of being mean (any of its definitions)

   Usage

   • Uncountable

   Examples

   This figure is of a later date, by the meanness of the workmanship.

2. A mean act.

   Usage

   • Countable

   Examples

   More examples (1)

   There are enough meannesses in everyone — ourselves included — to make for us a contemptible world, if we select the meannesses and let our minds dwell upon them.

Noun

1. the quality of being deliberately mean

   Synonyms

   beastliness

   Broader terms

   malevolencemalevolencymalice

2. extreme stinginess

   Synonyms

   minginessniggardlinessniggardnessparsimonyparsimoniousnesstightnesstightfistednesscloseness

   Broader terms

   stinginess