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meanness

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: meanness

1
n
the quality of being deliberately mean
2
n
extreme stinginess
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: meanness
1

n the quality of being deliberately mean

Synonyms:
beastliness
Type of:
malevolence, malevolency, malice
the quality of threatening evil
2

n extreme stinginess

Synonyms:
closeness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimoniousness, parsimony, tightfistedness, tightness
Types:
littleness, pettiness, smallness
lack of generosity in trifling matters
miserliness
total lack of generosity with money
Type of:
stinginess
a lack of generosity; a general unwillingness to part with money
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