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meanie

noun mean·ie \ˈmē-nē\

: a mean or unkind person

plural meanies

Full Definition of MEANIE

:  a mean person
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Variants of MEANIE

mean·ie also meany \ˈmē-nē\
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First Known Use of MEANIE

1910

Related to MEANIE

Synonyms
baddie (or baddy), beast, brute, caitiff, devil, evildoer, fiend, heavy, hound, knave, villain (also meany), miscreant, monster, nazi, no-good, rapscallion, rascal, reprobate, rogue, savage, scalawag (or scallywag), scamp, scapegrace, scoundrel, varlet, wretch

Rhymes with MEANIE

beanie, genie, greeny, jinni, Meany, sheeny, spleeny, teeny, weeny

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