Meanness Moderate

Origin: Germanic Old English suffix

Meanness has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

the quality of being deliberately mean

beastliness meanness

extreme stinginess

meanness minginess niggardliness niggardness parsimony parsimoniousness tightness tightfistedness closeness

The condition, or quality, of being mean (any of its definitions)

See Also

puppyism niggardly abjectness tightfistedness meannesses magnanimity abjection minuity

Related Terms

puppyism niggardly abjectness tightfistedness meannesses magnanimity abjection minuity nastiness scurviness cruel spite

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

malevolence stinginess

Narrower Terms (hyponyms)

pettiness miserliness

Rhyming Words

ess 1ess ress ness tess hess kess wess jess fess yess sess less bess cess mess guess 1aess gless cress

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