meanie
Americannoun
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meanies
plural
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a mean, small-minded, petty, or selfish person.
The children said their teacher was a real meanie.
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a villain, as in a movie or book.
Syndrome is the meanie in “The Incredibles.”
noun
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a miserly or stingy person
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a nasty ill-tempered person
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Origin of meanie
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Maybe it’s why the quiet moments tend to stand out most for those who have played for the man some fans see as a screaming meanie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2024
Curiously, the character the musical represents most fully isn’t uncertain Andy or meanie Miranda, but cucumber-cool Nigel.
From New York Times ● Aug. 8, 2022
If the Houston board, a government entity, had confined itself to calling Wilson a stinker and a meanie, this would merely have been government exercising its right to speak its mind.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 27, 2021
My husband then began egging our children on with comments about how it’s too bad we can’t have a pet because mom is being a meanie.
From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2021
Being the meanie that he was, he moved slowly, getting great pleasure from Father Time’s fear.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
According to the letter, Twitter is a bunch of big meanies that aren’t giving Musk the information he needs to close the transaction, specifically about bots and spam.
From The Verge ● Jun. 10, 2022
Even by the meanies in the City of Brotherly Love, who have alternated between serenading Simmons with lusty boos and defending his game through clenched teeth.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 25, 2021
Another gadget is an inflatable hug that immobilizes meanies in its enveloping embrace.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 23, 2019
Meanies do as meanies see, and Mr. Merkley never said a peep as Mr. Reid set a new low standard for public behavior.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2016
One reason I don’t respond to any comments is because I don’t want the meanies to know I’m actually reading what they wrote.
From New York Times ● Apr. 22, 2010
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