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also meany
as in villain
a mean, evil, or unprincipled person
the class thought the substitute teacher was a big meanie when she assigned homework over the holidays
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Recent Examples of meanie
I'mPhaedra Trethan, applauding this Missouri TV anchor for mocking the meanies who tried to mock her.
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Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025
This causes Gemma and other fellow patients/victims to verbally grapple quite literally with themselves, their assertive/meanie half pitted against their milder/empathetic side.
—Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 5 Nov. 2025
The meanie store manager (played, with cartoony hard-ass villainy, by Peter Dinklage) refuses to make a donation, so Manchester gathers a bagful of (stolen) toys and brings them over to the church himself.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
The Drymonema larsoni, commonly known as pink meanies, were first observed in the Gulf Coast in 2000.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2025
Once cooler weather pushes in, experts predict that both the moon jellies and pink meanies are likely to disappear from Texas beaches.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Hall, Nash, and Hogan—now wearing black and cultivating vicious dark stubble around his platinum mustache—were stylish meanies.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 6 July 2025
Years after the Jurassic Park disaster, the new Jurassic World has risen from its ashes with offerings that include a selection of classic dinosaurs and the new Indominus rex, a big meanie made from the genetic elements of other dinosaurs.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 1 July 2025
The film really is a David vs. Goliath story about a team of underdogs who band together to take down the big meanie.
—Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 19 June 2025
Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025
This causes Gemma and other fellow patients/victims to verbally grapple quite literally with themselves, their assertive/meanie half pitted against their milder/empathetic side.
—Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 5 Nov. 2025
The meanie store manager (played, with cartoony hard-ass villainy, by Peter Dinklage) refuses to make a donation, so Manchester gathers a bagful of (stolen) toys and brings them over to the church himself.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
The Drymonema larsoni, commonly known as pink meanies, were first observed in the Gulf Coast in 2000.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2025
Once cooler weather pushes in, experts predict that both the moon jellies and pink meanies are likely to disappear from Texas beaches.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Hall, Nash, and Hogan—now wearing black and cultivating vicious dark stubble around his platinum mustache—were stylish meanies.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 6 July 2025
Years after the Jurassic Park disaster, the new Jurassic World has risen from its ashes with offerings that include a selection of classic dinosaurs and the new Indominus rex, a big meanie made from the genetic elements of other dinosaurs.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 1 July 2025
The film really is a David vs. Goliath story about a team of underdogs who band together to take down the big meanie.
—Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 19 June 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for meanie
Noun
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Like a cartoon villain, though, Paula kicks up the edge of the carpet, which causes poor Miriam to make a dog’s dinner of afternoon tea.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
15 Apr. 2026
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Nemesis achieves a lot, introducing a dangerous new villain that even the mighty Asgard fear, while ramping up the tension for a suitably dramatic season finale.—
Daryl Baxter,
Space.com,
14 Apr. 2026
Noun
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That’s happened in several Mid Atlantic rivers, but in the absence of larger brutes like blues and flathead, channels will thrive and can break the 15-pound mark.—
Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
9 Apr. 2026
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In Raspail’s tale, hordes of impoverished and dark-skinned brutes from India descend onto French shores by way of rafts, the first wave of an invasion of the civilized West by the brown-skinned developing world.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The wereboar growled next to Black Pudding, a hulking vicious monster, both focused on ripping Puck and Cordelia to shreds.—
Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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Daniel Bernhardt is Deathstalker, a legendary swordsman stuck with a cursed amulet who befriends swamp monsters and teams with a mini wizard (voiced by Patton Oswalt) to stop a dark magic from ruling the land.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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While the movie has some fun asking whether people actually want to know everything about their partners (a devil’s bargain since time immemorial), its real interest lies in how that knowledge is colored by who shares it.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
31 Mar. 2026
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Is chocolate devil’s food cake with ganache your favorite birthday cake?—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Meanie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meanie. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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