English noun: meanness | |||
1. | meanness (attribute) the quality of being deliberately mean | ||
Synonyms | beastliness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | malevolence, malevolency, malice | ||
2. | meanness (attribute) extreme stinginess | ||
Synonyms | closeness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimoniousness, parsimony, tightfistedness, tightness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | stinginess | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | littleness, miserliness, pettiness, smallness | ||