variants
or less commonly meany
plural meanies
: a mean person
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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 Godzilla in this movie is no anti-hero or some benevolent planet protector but rather one big meanie tearing apart town, fleets and people.
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Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Jan. 2024
Unfortunately not about new forces and interactions in the dark sector, which would be great, but about the grave evil done by the profiteering meanies at Scientific American and their witting collaborators, Mark and Jonathan Feng.
—Sean Carroll, Discover Magazine, 31 Oct. 2010
Fortunately, this year's onslaught of pink meanies seems to more minor than last year's... not that that makes their appearance any less alarming.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2023
This pandemic has been a real meanie.
—Richard Chin, Star Tribune, 23 Apr. 2021
Even the formidable Martindale, as an old-school meanie who commands respect from the Irish mob but has no true power of her own, is reduced to a caricature.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Aug. 2019
That source is telling us that yes, Donald Trump is a big meanie, a jerk.
—Fox News, 8 Sep. 2018
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, 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, 9 Mar. 2018
Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Jan. 2024
Unfortunately not about new forces and interactions in the dark sector, which would be great, but about the grave evil done by the profiteering meanies at Scientific American and their witting collaborators, Mark and Jonathan Feng.
—Sean Carroll, Discover Magazine, 31 Oct. 2010
Fortunately, this year's onslaught of pink meanies seems to more minor than last year's... not that that makes their appearance any less alarming.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2023
This pandemic has been a real meanie.
—Richard Chin, Star Tribune, 23 Apr. 2021
Even the formidable Martindale, as an old-school meanie who commands respect from the Irish mob but has no true power of her own, is reduced to a caricature.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Aug. 2019
That source is telling us that yes, Donald Trump is a big meanie, a jerk.
—Fox News, 8 Sep. 2018
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, 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, 9 Mar. 2018
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“Meanie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/meanie. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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