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Synonyms for meanness
mean·ness
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
meanness
Synonyms:
penuriousness, littleness, selfishness, baseness, smallness, illiberality, ungenerousness, sordidnessAntonyms:
nobleness, unselfishness, liberality, generousness, large-heartedness
Princeton's WordNet
beastliness, meannessnoun
the quality of being deliberately mean
Synonyms:
tightness, niggardliness, minginess, closeness, parsimony, parsimoniousness, tightfistedness, beastliness, niggardnessmeanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimony, parsimoniousness, tightness, tightfistedness, closenessnoun
extreme stinginess
Synonyms:
nearness, tautness, parsimoniousness, thrift, penny-pinching, constriction, parsimony, closeness, stringency, stuffiness, niggardliness, denseness, concentration, tightfistedness, beastliness, familiarity, compactness, secretiveness, minginess, tightness, intimacy, niggardness, density
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
meannessnoun
Synonyms:
smallness, littleness, scantiness, slenderness, lowness, poverty, meagreness, poornessmeannessnoun
Synonyms:
abjectness, vileness, baseness, contemptibleness, abasement, despicablenessmeannessnoun
Synonyms:
illiberality, ungenerousness, sordidness, penuriousness
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#38769 | selfishness | |
#39155 | closeness | |
#40994 | tightness | |
#56975 | constriction | |
#59430 | compactness | |
#70151 | parsimony | |
#78566 | nearness | |
#94458 | smallness | |
#94594 | stringency | |
#99321 | meanness | |
#146490 | pettiness | |
#166371 | baseness | |
#185823 | stuffiness | |
#244487 | littleness | |
#326183 | secretiveness |
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So trying out meanness is not something we can or should eradicate, it's normal to want to feel powerful and to exert influence on your environment. It's healthy. What is unhealthy is when the means by which a child does that is at the social expense of another.
We see this horrible, horrible, radical group of Democrats. You see what’s happening right now, and they’re determined to take back power by any means necessary. You see the meanness, the nastiness. They don’t care who they hurt, who they have to run over to get power.
Donald Trump's Donald Trump, not because I disagree with Donald Trump policies -- though I disagree with many -- but I think there is a carelessness, a recklessness, meanness and, I think, corruption.
What I must do is all that concerns me. This rule, equally arduous in actual and intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is harder because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it.
It could be my fault, i don't want to necessarily blame, but there's a great meanness out there that I'm surprised at.
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