Thesaurus:mean
English
Adjective
Sense: having a surly nature
Synonyms
- inconsiderate
- insensitive
- halfhearted (obsolete)
- mean
- mean-spirited
- merciless
- petty
- pitiless
- poor-spirited
- ruthless
- thoughtless
- tight [⇒ thesaurus] (British, slang)
- surly
- uncaring
- unfriendly
- ungrateful
- unkind
- unkindly
- unthinking
Antonyms
Hyponyms
Various
Further reading
- “907. malevolence” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “mean” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.