英语词汇“meanness”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1 (noun) in the sense of miserliness

This careful attitude to money can border on meanness.

Synonyms

miserliness

She had always despised miserliness.

parsimony (formal)

Due to the parsimony of the local council, only one machine was built.

stinginess

tight-fistedness

niggardliness

selfishness

minginess (British, informal)

penuriousness

2 (noun) in the sense of pettiness

Their meanness of spirit is embarrassing.

Synonyms

pettiness

degradation

degeneracy

wretchedness

narrow-mindedness

shabbiness

baseness

vileness

sordidness

shamefulness

scurviness

abjectness

low-mindedness

ignobility

despicableness

disgracefulness

dishonourableness

3 (noun) in the sense of malice

There was always a certain amount of cruelty, meanness and villainy.

Synonyms

malice

hostility

She looked at Ron with open hostility.

bad temper

rudeness

nastiness

`You're just like your mother,' he said, with a tone of nastiness in his voice.

unpleasantness

Most offices are riddled with sniping and general unpleasantness.

ill temper

sourness

unfriendliness

maliciousness

cantankerousness

churlishness

disagreeableness

4 (noun) in the sense of shabbiness

the meanness of our surroundings

Synonyms

shabbiness

squalor

He was out of work and living in squalor.

insignificance

The event was regarded as of total insignificance.

pettiness

wretchedness

seediness

tawdriness

sordidness

scruffiness

humbleness

poorness

paltriness

beggarliness

contemptibleness

5 (noun) in the sense of lowliness

Synonyms

lowliness

obscurity

His later life was spent in obscurity and loneliness.

servility

She's a curious mixture of stubbornness and servility.

baseness

proverb

Do not spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar

单词	meanness
释义	1 (noun) in the sense of miserliness This careful attitude to money can border on meanness. Synonyms miserliness She had always despised miserliness. parsimony (formal) Due to the parsimony of the local council, only one machine was built. stinginess tight-fistedness niggardliness selfishness minginess (British, informal) penuriousness 2 (noun) in the sense of pettiness Their meanness of spirit is embarrassing. Synonyms pettiness degradation degeneracy wretchedness narrow-mindedness shabbiness baseness vileness sordidness shamefulness scurviness abjectness low-mindedness ignobility despicableness disgracefulness dishonourableness 3 (noun) in the sense of malice There was always a certain amount of cruelty, meanness and villainy. Synonyms malice hostility She looked at Ron with open hostility. bad temper rudeness nastiness `You're just like your mother,' he said, with a tone of nastiness in his voice. unpleasantness Most offices are riddled with sniping and general unpleasantness. ill temper sourness unfriendliness maliciousness cantankerousness churlishness disagreeableness 4 (noun) in the sense of shabbiness the meanness of our surroundings Synonyms shabbiness squalor He was out of work and living in squalor. insignificance The event was regarded as of total insignificance. pettiness wretchedness seediness tawdriness sordidness scruffiness humbleness poorness paltriness beggarliness contemptibleness 5 (noun) in the sense of lowliness Synonyms lowliness obscurity His later life was spent in obscurity and loneliness. servility She's a curious mixture of stubbornness and servility. baseness proverb Do not spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar Additional synonyms in the sense of hostility Definition unfriendly and aggressive feelings or behaviour She looked at Ron with open hostility. Synonyms unfriendliness, hatred, animosity, spite, bitterness, malice, venom, antagonism, enmity, abhorrence, malevolence, detestation in the sense of insignificance The event was regarded as of total insignificance. Synonyms unimportance, irrelevance, triviality, pettiness, worthlessness, meaninglessness, inconsequence, immateriality, paltriness, negligibility in the sense of nastiness `You're just like your mother,' he said, with a tone of nastiness in his voice. Synonyms spite, malice, venom, unpleasantness, meanness, bitchiness (slang), offensiveness, spitefulness, disagreeableness Nearby words of meanness meaning meaningful meaningless meanness means meant meantime Synonyms of 'meanness' meanness Additional synonyms in the sense of niggardliness Synonyms miserliness, thrift, closeness, meanness, avarice, frugality, parsimony (formal), nearness (informal), stinginess, covetousness, sordidness, tightfistedness, avariciousness, grudgingness, ungenerousness, mercenariness, sparingness, penuriousness in the sense of obscurity His later life was spent in obscurity and loneliness. Synonyms insignificance, oblivion, unimportance, non-recognition, inconsequence, lowliness, inconspicuousness, namelessness, ingloriousness in the sense of parsimony Definition extreme caution in spending Due to the parsimony of the local council, only one machine was built. Synonyms meanness, tightness, penny-pinching (informal), frugality, nearness (informal), stinginess, miserliness, niggardliness, minginess (British, informal) in the sense of servility She's a curious mixture of stubbornness and servility. Synonyms subservience, fawning, grovelling, meanness, sycophancy, submissiveness, baseness, self-abasement, obsequiousness, abjection, unctuousness, bootlicking (informal), toadyism, slavishness in the sense of squalor Definition the condition of being squalid He was out of work and living in squalor. Synonyms filth, wretchedness, sleaziness, decay, foulness, slumminess, squalidness, meanness in the sense of unpleasantness Most offices are riddled with sniping and general unpleasantness. Synonyms hostility, animosity, antagonism, bad feeling, malice, rudeness, offensiveness, abrasiveness, argumentativeness, unfriendliness, quarrelsomeness, ill humour or will Seemeanly
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