meanie

noun mean·ie \ ˈmē-nē \

variants: or less commonly meany

Definition of meanie

plural meanies

:a mean person

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the class thought the substitute teacher was a big meanie when she assigned homework over the holidays

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The second reason is that Iassogna belongs to a union that just days ago made a strikingly tone-deaf, misguided, and hypocritical protest of players being meanies.

— sam mellinger, kansascity, "MLB umpires should drop the self-righteousness, cut the insecurity, or get better," 23 Aug. 2017
Then, finally, the meanies at the Washington State Potato Commission dropped their countercampaign and got out of the way of history: In 2007, Gov. Chris Gregoire declared the Walla Walla sweet onion Washington’s official vegetable mascot.

— bethany jean clement, The Seattle Times, "What’s so great about Walla Walla sweet onions?," 7 June 2017
Stars like Proxima might be somewhat hostile planetary hosts, but these meanies rule the galaxy, making up somewhere around 80 percent of the Milky Way’s stellar population.

— National Geographic, "Looking For Life on Proxima B? Try Glowing Aliens.," 24 Aug. 2016
There, in their cramped apartment, mother and daughter coax out Michelle’s inner softy, who, unsurprisingly, is nowhere near as fun as her outer meanie.

— manohla dargis, New York Times, "Movie Review: ‘The Boss’," 7 Apr. 2016

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First Known Use of meanie

1910

meanie Synonyms

Synonyms

baddie (or baddy), beast, brute, caitiff, devil, evildoer, fiend, heavy, hound, knave, villain (also meany), miscreant, monster, nazi, no-good, rapscallion, rascal, reprobate, rogue, savage, scalawag (or scallywag), scamp, scapegrace, scoundrel, varlet, wretch

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villainess; blackguard; criminal, crook, culprit, felon, lawbreaker, malefactor, offender, perp, perpetrator, transgressor; sinner, trespasser, wrongdoer; cad, heel, serpent, snake, viper; bandit, bravo, desperado, outlaw; con, convict, jailbird; assassin, cutthroat, gangster, goon, gunman, hoodlum, hooligan, racketeer, ruffian, thug; rough, rowdy, tough; loser, lowlife, ne'er-do-well, stinker, trash

Near Antonyms

angel, innocent, saint; hero

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