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[1] offensive, selfish, or unaccommodating; nasty; malicious: a mean remark; He gets mean when he doesn't get his way.
[2] small-minded or ignoble: mean motives.
[3] penurious, stingy, or miserly: a person who is mean about money.
[4] inferior in grade, quality, or character: no mean reward.
[5] low in status, rank, or dignity: mean servitors.
[6] of little importance or consequence: mean little details.
[7] unimposing or shabby: a mean abode.
[8] small, humiliated, or ashamed: You should feel mean for being so stingy.
[9] Informal . in poor physical condition.
[10] troublesome or vicious; bad-tempered: a mean old horse.
[11] Slang . skillful or impressive: He blows a mean trumpet.
[12] Usually means . (used with a singular or plural verb ) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end: The telephone is a means of communication. There are several means of solving the problem.
[13] means, available resources, especially money: They lived beyond their means. considerable financial resources; riches: a man of means.
[14] something that is midway between two extremes; something intermediate: to seek a mean between cynicism and blind faith.
[15] Mathematics . a quantity having a value intermediate between the values of other quantities; an average, especially the arithmetic mean. either the second or third term in a proportion of four terms.
[16] Statistics . expected value. See mathematical expectation(def 2) .
[17] Logic . the middle term in a syllogism.
[18] occupying a middle position or an intermediate place, as in kind, quality, degree, or time: a mean speed; a mean course; the mean annual rainfall.
[19] (may take a clause as object or an infinitive) to intend to convey or express
[20] (may take a clause as object or an infinitive) intend she didn't mean to hurt it
[21] (may take a clause as object) to say or do in all seriousness the boss means what he says about strikes
[22] (often passive often foll by for ) to destine or design (for a certain person or purpose) she was meant for greater things
[23] (may take a clause as object) to denote or connote; signify; represent examples help show exactly what a word means
[24] (may take a clause as object) to produce; cause the weather will mean long traffic delays
[25] (may take a clause as object) to foretell; portend those dark clouds mean rain
[26] to have the importance of money means nothing to him
[27] (intr) to have the intention of behaving or acting (esp in the phrases mean well or mean ill )
[28] mean business to be in earnest
[29] mainly British miserly, ungenerous, or petty
[30] humble, obscure, or lowly he rose from mean origins to high office
[31] despicable, ignoble, or callous a mean action
[32] poor or shabby mean clothing ; a mean abode
[33] informal , mainly US and Canadian bad-tempered; vicious
[34] informal ashamed he felt mean about not letting the children go to the zoo
[35] informal , mainly US unwell; in low spirits
[36] slang excellent; skilful he plays a mean trombone
[37] no mean of high quality no mean performer difficult no mean feat
[38] the middle point, state, or course between limits or extremes
[39] moderation
[40] maths the second and third terms of a proportion, as b and c in a/b = c/d another name for average (def. 2) See also geometric mean
[41] statistics a statistic obtained by multiplying each possible value of a variable by its probability and then taking the sum or integral over the range of the variable
[42] intermediate or medium in size, quantity, etc
[43] occurring halfway between extremes or limits; average

Words related to Meanest

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Origin of Meanest

31300–50; Middle English mene < Middle French meen, variant of meien < Latin mediānus; see median

Words that may be confused with Meanest

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Word origin for Meanest

C14: via Anglo-Norman from Old French moien, from Late Latin mediānus median

Synonyms for Meanest

greedy, selfish, close, mercenary, niggard, penny-pinching, mingy, miserly, parsimonious, penurious, rapacious, scrimpy, stingy, tight, tight-fisted