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# meanness

noun (meanness, uncountable)

«meanness» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Meanness is being unkind or nasty to others. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meanness/#m1)
2. Meanness is not wanting to share or spend money; being stingy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meanness/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories and ethics lessons: a character's meanness to others. In the UK «mean» often means stingy, so meanness can be about money; in the USA it mostly means unkindness.

### Examples

- The bully's meanness made the little ones cry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meanness/#x1)
- Scrooge was famous for his meanness with money. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meanness/#x2)
- There was no meanness in her; she shared everything. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meanness/#x3)
- We talked about how meanness hurts feelings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meanness/#x4)
- His meanness meant he never bought anyone a drink. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meanness/#x5)
- Kindness is the cure for meanness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meanness/#x6)
- Many a time her poor husband regretted the day that he had first seen her, and often her meanness and shabby ways put him to shame. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meanness/#x7)

### Note

Uncountable. Double n: mean + ness. From «mean» (unkind; UK also stingy). Do not confuse with «meaning» or «means» (a way, or money).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «meanness» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meanness/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«meanness» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/meanness.html) on Mova free.