meanie

variants also meany

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of meanie 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for meanie
Noun
  • Of course, everyone has their own favorite Bond villain.
    EW.com, EW.com, 24 May 2025
  • But the new villain is smarter than the IMF assumed, and the mission has disastrous results.
    Keith Langston, People.com, 24 May 2025
Noun
  • Dark Universe is where monsters from Universal’s classic horror films – like Frankenstein, Dracula and the Invisible Man – live on in the village of Darkmoor.
    Eve Chen, USA Today, 16 May 2025
  • Another one of Universal’s monsters features prominently in the Curse of the Werewolf spinning coaster.
    Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • Like a Dickensian Andy Capp, Johnson is an uber-charming rogue, an everyman bluesy belter whose winking humor with a hint of the scoundrel are not entirely unlike Scott’s demeanor, though each man’s vocals, inflection and stage presence are/were clearly their own.
    Katherine Turman, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2025
  • In the first, Trump treated a moral hero as an ungrateful scoundrel.
    David Remnick, New Yorker, 27 Apr. 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
  • Alex has two choices: Linger at Union Station and see what rascals cross her path, or take up an invitation to join her British guardian angels at their home in Winnetka.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2025
  • After their car is stolen, the group of rascals must resort to some hilarious hijinks to get past the finish line.
    Kara Nesvig, Parents, 12 Mar. 2025

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“Meanie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meanie. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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