Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable)The condition, or quality, of being mean (any of its definitions)

    the quality of being deliberately mean

  2. (countable)A mean act.

    Gemeinheit, Fiesheit, gemeines Benehmen

Examples

6 sentences
  1. He is not capable of such meanness.

    ruНа такую подлость он не способен.

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  2. What have I done to deserve your meanness?

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  3. I took for granted that he was above such meanness.

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  4. Whatever faults he may have, meanness is not one of them.

    deWas immer er für Fehler haben mag, Geiz gehört nicht dazu.

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  5. He didn't do that out of meanness, but rather out of absent-mindedness.

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Translations

5 languages
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By meaning 1
a mean act:

Forms

plural: meannesses
Singularmeanness
Pluralmeannesses

regular

Synonyms

10 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relatedmean

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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