Associations to the word «Meanness»

Wiktionary

MEANNESS, noun. (uncountable) The condition, or quality, of being mean; want of excellence; poorness; lowness; baseness; sordidness; stinginess.
MEANNESS, noun. A mean act; as, to be guilty of a meanness.

Dictionary definition

MEANNESS, noun. The quality of being deliberately mean.
MEANNESS, noun. Extreme stinginess.

Wise words

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.