meanest
Least kind-hearted
Meanest is the superlative of mean in its various senses.
Someone who is the meanest is the most unkind or cruel: He was the meanest kid on the playground.
In the sense of stingy, the meanest person parts with money most reluctantly.
Meanest can also intensify skill or quality: She makes the meanest chili in Texas—here suggesting impressively good rather than cruel.
Savagely harsh or severe
- viciousCruelly aggressive in nature
- malevolentHarboring ill will
- mercilessShowing no clemency
- savageFierce and untamed
inhumane · barbaric · heartless · pitiless · ruthless · callous · cold-blooded · sadistic
Meaning to do harm
- vindictiveSeeking harm from resentment
- pettyOf little importance
- resentfulFeeling lingering ill will
- cattySlyly spiteful
sneering · scornful · contemptuous · venomous · bitter · snide · meanspirited · small-minded
Lowest in price
- tightestMost securely fastened
- stingiestMost unwilling to spend
- tightfistedUnwilling to spend freely
- closefistedReluctant to give money
Most inferior in status
brutal
Savagely harsh or severe
- viciousCruelly aggressive in nature
- malevolentHarboring ill will
- mercilessShowing no clemency
savage · inhumane · barbaric · heartless · pitiless · ruthless · callous · cold-blooded · sadistic · monstrous
malicious
Meaning to do harm
- vindictiveSeeking harm from resentment
- pettyOf little importance
- resentfulFeeling lingering ill will
catty · sneering · scornful · contemptuous · venomous · bitter · snide · meanspirited · small-minded · hateful
cheapest
Lowest in price
- tightestMost securely fastened
- stingiestMost unwilling to spend
- tightfistedUnwilling to spend freely
lowliest
Most inferior in status
median
Central sorted value
- midpointExact center between two
- arithmeticMathematics of basic operations
- centralIn the middle, primary
typical · norm · standard · baseline · benchmark · mode · expected · middle · statistical
- leaner and meanerMore efficient and aggressive
- leanest and meanestMost aggressively streamlined