Antonyms for meanness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : meen-nis

Phonetic Transcription : ˈmin nɪs

Definition of meanness

Origin : 1550s, "weakness," from mean (adj.) + -ness. Sense of "baseness, poverty" is from 1650s; that of "stinginess" from 1755.

noun the quality of being mean
noun a mean action

Example sentences :

But he was a generous man and all meanness of spirit was foreign to his soul.
Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon

Still, I don't mind that, only as an indication of his meanness.
Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr

There are depths of meanness in your character, Renny, that I never suspected.
Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr

Oh, how you must have despised me for the folly, the meanness of my suspicions!
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

She despised herself for the meanness of her passion, and Joseph for its ill success.
Extract from : « Joseph Andrews Vol. 1 » by Henry Fielding

All I can promise is to preserve my mind from the meanness of suspicion.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

It is here that the narrowness of the mind of woman is revealed in all its meanness.
Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel

Sir, to leave things out of a book because they will not be believed, is meanness.
Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael

But prayer as a means to effect a private end is meanness and theft.
Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

There seems to be no interval between greatness and meanness.
Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Synonyms for meanness

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