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. — marafon

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  2. What have I done to deserve your meanness?

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

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

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

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

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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