Meanie
[mee-nee] /ˈmi ni/
noun
1.
Informal. .
[mee-nee] /ˈmi ni/
noun, plural meanies. Informal.
1.
a small-minded, petty, or malicious person:
The children said their teacher was a real meany.
/ˈmiːnɪ/
noun (informal) (pl) meanies
1.
(mainly Brit) a miserly or stingy person
2.
(mainly US) a nasty ill-tempered person
/ˈmiːnɪ/
noun
1.
(informal) a variant spelling of meanie
n.
also meany, “cruel person,” 1927, from mean (adj.) + -y (3).
see meanie.
noun phrase
A postulated genetic basis for a violent personality (1990s+)
Read Also:
- Meaningful
[mee-ning-fuh l] /ˈmi nɪŋ fəl/ adjective 1. full of , significance, purpose, or value; purposeful; significant: a meaningful wink; a meaningful choice. /ˈmiːnɪŋfʊl/ adjective 1. having great meaning or validity 2. eloquent, expressive: a meaningful silence adj. 1827, from meaning (n.) + -ful. Related: Meaningfully.
- Meaningfully
[mee-ning-fuh l] /ˈmi nɪŋ fəl/ adjective 1. full of , significance, purpose, or value; purposeful; significant: a meaningful wink; a meaningful choice. /ˈmiːnɪŋfʊl/ adjective 1. having great meaning or validity 2. eloquent, expressive: a meaningful silence adj. 1827, from meaning (n.) + -ful. Related: Meaningfully.
- Meaningfulness
[mee-ning-fuh l] /ˈmi nɪŋ fəl/ adjective 1. full of , significance, purpose, or value; purposeful; significant: a meaningful wink; a meaningful choice. /ˈmiːnɪŋfʊl/ adjective 1. having great meaning or validity 2. eloquent, expressive: a meaningful silence adj. 1827, from meaning (n.) + -ful. Related: Meaningfully.
- Meaningful-relationship
noun 1. a romantic relationship based upon mutual respect and supportiveness and marked by a sense of commitment and fulfillment. noun a significant romantic association based on something other than sexual attraction
- Meaningless
[mee-ning-lis] /ˈmi nɪŋ lɪs/ adjective 1. without , significance, purpose, or value; purposeless; insignificant: a meaningless reply; a meaningless existence. /ˈmiːnɪŋlɪs/ adjective 1. futile or empty of meaning adj. 1730, from meaning + -less. Related: Meaninglessly; meaninglessness.