"meanie" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-meanie.wav Forms: meanies [plural]
Etymology: From mean + -ie. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|mean|ie}} mean + -ie Head templates: {{en-noun}} meanie (plural meanies)
  1. (informal, chiefly childish) A mean (unkind or miserly) person; a killjoy. Tags: childish, informal Translations (unkind person): 衰人 (seoi¹ jan⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), protiva [masculine] (Czech), gemenerik [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), ilkimys (Finnish), Fiesling [masculine] (German), चांडाल (cāṇḍāl) (Hindi), suarachán [masculine] (Irish), 意地悪 (ijiwaru) (Japanese), злю́ка (zljúka) [feminine, masculine] (Russian), duende [masculine] (Spanish), arpía [feminine] (Spanish), elaking [common-gender] (Swedish), stygging [common-gender] (Swedish), چنڈال (caṇḍāl) (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-meanie-en-noun-bh6T3os- Disambiguation of 'unkind person': 77 23
  2. (informal) A villain. Tags: informal Synonyms: baddie
    Sense id: en-meanie-en-noun-rl8oFUbh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ie, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Urdu translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ie: 14 86 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Urdu translations: 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): People Synonyms: meany Derived forms: blue meanie, pink meanie (taxonomic: Drymonema larsoni)
Disambiguation of People: 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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