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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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