meaner
Nastier, less kind
Meaner is the comparative form of mean in its adjectival senses.
Someone meaner is more unkind or cruel: Each bully was meaner than the last.
A meaner neighborhood is more run-down or dangerous.
A meaner fastball is more formidable.
In the sense of miserly, a meaner person is stingier with money.
Willfully causing suffering
- heartlessLacking pity or mercy
- callousCruelly insensitive to others
- ruthlessLacking any compassion
- pitilessLacking any compassion
merciless · brutal · harsh · unkind · coldhearted · unfeeling · insensitive · inhumane
Excessively reluctant to spend
- parsimoniousExcessively unwilling to spend
- tightfistedUnwilling to spend freely
- penny-pinchingExtreme reluctance to spend
- cheapLow in price
cheapskate · scrimping · hoarding · niggardly · stinting · ungenerous · tight · skinflint
Wanting to hurt others
- resentfulFeeling lingering ill will
- bitterSharp, unpleasant taste
- pettyOf little importance
- vengefulWanting to harm back
catty · nasty · snide · sneering · scornful · contemptuous · grudging · rancorous
Harboring ill will
- vindictiveSeeking harm from resentment
- spitefulWanting to hurt others
- nefariousExtremely evil or villainous
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
villainous · wicked · evil · scheming · diabolical · malignant · pernicious · baleful
Hostile and confrontational
- hostileAggressively unfriendly
- threateningExpressing intent to harm
- intimidatingInspiring fear or unease
- belligerentHostile and eager to clash
antagonistic · confrontational · combative · pugnacious · menacing · fierce · unfriendly · unwelcoming
cruel
Willfully causing suffering
pitiless · merciless · brutal · harsh · unkind · coldhearted · unfeeling · insensitive · inhumane · uncompassionate
miserly
Excessively reluctant to spend
- parsimoniousExcessively unwilling to spend
- tightfistedUnwilling to spend freely
- penny-pinchingExtreme reluctance to spend
cheap · cheapskate · scrimping · hoarding · niggardly · stinting · ungenerous · tight · skinflint · penurious
spiteful
Wanting to hurt others
vengeful · catty · nasty · snide · sneering · scornful · contemptuous · grudging · rancorous · small-minded
malevolent
Harboring ill will
- vindictiveSeeking harm from resentment
- spitefulWanting to hurt others
- nefariousExtremely evil or villainous
sinister · villainous · wicked · evil · scheming · diabolical · malignant · pernicious · baleful · insidious
aggressive
Hostile and confrontational
- hostileAggressively unfriendly
- threateningExpressing intent to harm
- intimidatingInspiring fear or unease
belligerent · antagonistic · confrontational · combative · pugnacious · menacing · fierce · unfriendly · unwelcoming · truculent
- comparisonscomparison, compare, comparative, analogy, metaphor
- I meanClarification phrase
- what do you meanDemand for clarification
- in the meantimeDuring intervening time
- meant to bePredetermined by fate
- I mean itAssertion of sincerity
- meant to
mean, means, meaning, meant, meaningful, meander, meantime, meanness, meaningless