Synonyms for meanness
mean·ness

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1. meanness

   Synonyms:
   penuriousness, littleness, selfishness, baseness, smallness, illiberality, ungenerousness, sordidness

   Antonyms:
   nobleness, unselfishness, liberality, generousness, large-heartedness

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1. beastliness, meannessnoun

   the quality of being deliberately mean

   Synonyms:
   tightness, niggardliness, minginess, closeness, parsimony, parsimoniousness, tightfistedness, beastliness, niggardness

2. meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimony, parsimoniousness, tightness, tightfistedness, closenessnoun

   extreme stinginess

   Synonyms:
   nearness, tautness, parsimoniousness, thrift, penny-pinching, constriction, parsimony, closeness, stringency, stuffiness, niggardliness, denseness, concentration, tightfistedness, beastliness, familiarity, compactness, secretiveness, minginess, tightness, intimacy, niggardness, density

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1. • Malevolence

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1. meannessnoun

   Synonyms:
   smallness, littleness, scantiness, slenderness, lowness, poverty, meagreness, poorness

2. meannessnoun

   Synonyms:
   abjectness, vileness, baseness, contemptibleness, abasement, despicableness

3. meannessnoun

   Synonyms:
   illiberality, ungenerousness, sordidness, penuriousness

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1. List of paraphrases for "meanness":

   pettiness, cruelty

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How to use meanness in a sentence?

1. Michelle Anthony:

   The more meanness they see being successful or rewarded in the home or in their environment, the more children will revert to those mean behaviors themselves when faced with challenging social situations.

2. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   What I must do is all that concerns me. This rule, equally arduous in actual and intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is harder because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it.

3. Donald Trump:

   It could be my fault, i don't want to necessarily blame, but there's a great meanness out there that I'm surprised at.

4. Plato:

   Wealth is the parent of luxury and indolence, and poverty of meanness and viciousness, and both of discontent.

5. George Sand:

   Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.