meanie

variants also meany

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of meanie Why was Bail such a meanie to Cassian in their first meeting together? Dalton Ross, EW.com, 16 May 2025 Yes, Simon's father was a big meanie, but this seemed like a rather dramatic reaction on Simon's part. Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 15 May 2024 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. Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Jan. 2024 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for meanie
Noun
  • Two of the game’s most brilliant villains have matured into eloquent eulogists.
    Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 30 June 2025
  • For an industry which has long been treated by the television and film industries as a dirty, dangerous business run by unethical, cartoon-ish villains like J.R. Ewing, such a balanced portrayal is a welcome change, indeed.
    David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
Noun
  • The monster season Soto gave the Yankees last year, leading them to the World Series, is what the Padres expected from him.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 June 2025
  • Today, that monster lives on, not in steel and speakers, but in light.
    Noah Eckstein, HollywoodReporter, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • Yet each performance feels angled at a slightly different degree, one distinct acting turn making all the difference between a charming scoundrel, a depressed artist, a loyal sidekick, an aloof intellectual, or a precocious kid.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 12 June 2025
  • Is Jim Ellis a live-fast, die-young scoundrel or just a mostly pretty nice guy with a heart of gold who just happens to be working for the mob?
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
Noun
  • Since then, he’s been a haunted wretch of a character: stoned, sullen, stuck with recurring visions of shooting his wife and himself.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2025
  • The unfortunate wretch makes an exciting escape, killing her captor in the process.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 18 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • And now, without further ado, an ode to the rogues and rascals who make being hot and doing crimes in this galaxy so fun to watch.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Something tells me those wary rascals spotted us and gave us the slip.
    Percy Brown, Outdoor Life, 12 June 2025

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“Meanie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meanie. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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