meanness

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meanness

noun meannesses

  1. uncountable The condition, or quality, of being mean (any of its definitions) This figure is of a later date, by the meanness of the workmanship.
  2. countable A mean act. 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.

Similar: meandom · Opposite: nobility, nobleness

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noun

Similar: meandom · Opposite: nobility, nobleness

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noun the condition or quality of being mean

Españoltacañería
日本語卑劣 hiretsu, 下劣 geretsu
Françaisradinerie, pingrerie
Italianogrettezza, meschinità, taccagneria
Ελληνικάαχρειότητα achreiótita

noun a mean act

Françaisabjection
DeutschGemeinheit, Fiesheit, gemeines Benehmen

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@misc{meanness_2026,
  title = {meanness},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/meanness},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}