Definition of MEANIE

Examples of meanie in a Sentence

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

Recent Examples on the Web

The most recent example of social-media meanies feeling inexplicably compelled to leave negative comments about the media and makeup mogul's appearance involves zooming in on and criticizing her pinky toe. — Marci Robin, Teen Vogue, "Kim Kardashian Responds to Body-Shaming Toe Comments on Instagram," 18 Apr. 2018 That moment of silence took place, of course, amid an hour-long set of songs that could still describe women as two-faced meanies. — Mikael Wood, latimes.com, "Jawbreaker's reunion show at the Palladium was a vivid punk rock homecoming," 9 Mar. 2018 Rick Grimes and his posse based in Alexandria have spent the season going toe-to-toe with the blowhard meanie Negan and his group, the Saviors. — Steve Johnson, chicagotribune.com, "What you need to know as 'Walking Dead' returns to finish Season 8," 23 Feb. 2018 Pruitt’s critics are just a bunch of meanies who hate him for no apparent reason other than their weird hippie Earth Mother disdain for humanity. — Jonathan Chait, Daily Intelligencer, "National Review Shows Why Conservatives Outsourced Environmental Policy to Lobbyists and Kooks," 7 Jan. 2018 However, the meanies have noted that as the Falcons’ offensive coordinator, Shanahan gave Belichick a fabulous gift: Super Bowl 51. — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, "49ers: It’s all about Garoppolo and it’s all good right now," 24 Dec. 2017 If this were a Hollywood movie, as opposed to real life, Andy, the sensitive misfit, would triumph over the bullies and meanies, the nonbelievers who scoffed and sneered, treated him like dirt and a joke. — Lili Anolik, Vanities, "Andy Warhol and Edie Sedgwick: A Brief, White-Hot, and Totally Doomed Romance," 14 Dec. 2017 With the October 27 debut of Season 2 just a few weeks away, a new trailer reveals even more of the terrifying things that await, from more government meanies to even bigger creatures from the Upside Down. — Rebecca Keegan, HWD, "The Weinstein Company in Turmoil," 13 Oct. 2017 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

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