meanie

meanie
meanie (n.) also meany, "cruel person," 1927, from MEAN (Cf. mean) (adj.) + -Y (Cf. -y) (3).

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  • meanie — or meany [mē′nē] n. pl. meanies Informal a person who is mean, selfish, cruel, etc …   English World dictionary

  • Meanie — Wikipedia does not have an encyclopedia article for Meanie (search results). You may want to read Wiktionary s entry on meanie instead.wiktionary:Special:Search/meanie …   Wikipedia

  • meanie — UK [ˈmiːnɪ] / US [ˈmɪnɪ] noun [countable] Word forms meanie : singular meanie plural meanies informal someone who is unkind, unpleasant, or not generous. This word is used mainly by children or when speaking to children …   English dictionary

  • meanie — mean|ie meany [ˈmi:ni] n spoken an unkind person used especially by children ▪ Don t be such a meanie! …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • meanie — mɪːnɪ n. (Slang) bad person, scrooge (also meanie) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • meanie — noun (C) spoken a word meaning an unkind person, used especially by children: Don t be such a meanie! …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • meanie — also meany noun (plural meanies) Date: 1910 a mean or spiteful person …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • meanie — /mee nee/, n. Informal. meany. * * * …   Universalium

  • meanie — noun A person who acts mean …   Wiktionary

  • meanie — Synonyms and related words: SOB, bastard, bugger, creep, fart, heel, hood, hooligan, jerk, louse, mother, pill, rat, shit, shithead, shitheel, stinkard, stinker, turd …   Moby Thesaurus

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