MEANNESS

meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimony, parsimoniousness, tightness, tightfistedness, closeness

(noun) extreme stinginess

beastliness, meanness

(noun) the quality of being deliberately mean

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

meanness (countable and uncountable, plural meannesses)

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

(countable) A mean act.

Antonyms

• nobility

• nobleness

Source: Wiktionary


Mean"ness, n.

1. The condition, or quality, of being mean; want of excellence; poorness; lowness; baseness; sordidness; stinginess. This figure is of a later date, by the meanness of the workmanship. Addison.

2. A mean act; as, to be guilty of meanness. Goldsmith.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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