Antonyms for meanest
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : meen |
| Phonetic Transcription : min |
Definition of meanest
Origin :- "intend, have in mind," Old English mænan "to mean, intend, signify; tell, say; complain, lament," from West Germanic *mainijan (cf. Old Frisian mena "to signify," Old Saxon menian "to intend, signify, make known," Dutch menen, German meinen "think, suppose, be of the opinion"), from PIE *meino- "opinion, intent" (cf. Old Church Slavonic meniti "to think, have an opinion," Old Irish mian "wish, desire," Welsh mwyn "enjoyment"), perhaps from root *men- "think" (see mind (n.)). Conversational question you know what I mean? attested by 1834.
- adj ungenerous
- adj hostile, rude
- adj poor; of or in inferior circumstances
- The road to it led through one of the meanest portions of the city.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- He's got a drunken father,—one of the meanest kind of drunkards.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- That it can be done will be obvious to the meanest comprehension.
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, March 1, 1890 » by Various
- We can do all we wish while we live; afterwards we are less than the meanest.
- Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon
- You are solicitous of the good-will of the meanest person, uneasy at his ill-will.
- Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- The meanest man on the Cape, and livin' right in my own town, too!
- Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Let me be the lowest of the low and the meanest of the mean.
- Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
- I must have looked like the meanest of pickpockets caught in the act.
- Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- He became as full of smiles and capers as the meanest sycophant.
- Extract from : « Bardelys the Magnificent » by Rafael Sabatini
- "It is a riddle that the meanest of your clerks there can read for you," said he.
- Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini
Synonyms for meanest
- bad-tempered
- base
- beggarly
- callous
- cantankerous
- churlish
- close
- common
- contemptible
- dangerous
- déclassé
- despicable
- difficult
- dirty
- disagreeable
- dishonorable
- down
- down-at-heel
- evil
- formidable
- greedy
- hack
- hard
- hard-nosed
- humble
- ignoble
- ill-tempered
- ineffectual
- infamous
- inferior
- insignificant
- knavish
- limited
- liverish
- lousy
- low
- low-down and dirty
- lowborn
- lowly
- malicious
- malign
- mediocre
- menial
- mercenary
- mingy
- miserable
- miserly
- modest
- narrow
- nasty
- niggard
- obscure
- ordinary
- paltry
- parsimonious
- penny-pinching
- penurious
- perfidious
- pesky
- petty
- pitiful
- plebeian
- proletarian
- rapacious
- rotten
- rough
- rugged
- run-down
- scrimpy
- scruffy
- scurrilous
- second-class
- second-rate
- seedy
- selfish
- servile
- shabby
- shameless
- sinking
- snide
- sordid
- sour
- squalid
- stingy
- tawdry
- the lowest
- tight
- tight-fisted
- touch
- treacherous
- troublesome
- ugly
- undistinguished
- unfriendly
- unpleasant
- unscrupulous
- unwashed
- vexatious
- vicious
- vile
- vulgar
- wretched
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