meanness

A mean, vindictive spirit.

The state of being mean in grade or quality; want of dignity or distinction; commonness; poorness; rudeness.

Want of mental elevation or dignity, destitution of spirit or honor; contemptibleness; baseness.

Sordid illiberality; stinginess; over-selfish economy in small things; niggardliness.

Synonyms Abjectness, lowness, lowliness, scantiness. slenderness. See abject.

2 and Littleness, Meanness, illiberality, sordidness, penuriousness, closeness, miserliness. Littleness applies to more than meanness applies to, as the understanding and the affections; it is the opposite of all largeness of nature, and especially of magnanimity. Meanness is directly selfish, but in a sordid, groveling, pinching fashion; it is the opposite of nobleness and generosity. See penuriousness.

The condition, or quality, of being mean; want of excellence; poorness; lowness; baseness; sordidness; stinginess.

A mean act.

The condition, or quality, of being mean; want of excellence; poorness; lowness; baseness; sordidness; stinginess.

A mean act; as, to be guilty of a meanness.