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What is the adjective for mean?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb mean which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

mean
  1. (obsolete) Common; general.
  2. Of a common or low origin, grade, or quality; common; humble.
  3. Low in quality or degree; inferior; poor; shabby.
  4. Without dignity of mind; destitute of honour; low-minded; spiritless; base.
  5. Of little value or account; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable.
  6. (chiefly Britain) Ungenerous; stingy, tightfisted; North American English: cheap; formal: niggardly, penurious, miserly.
  7. Disobliging; pettily offensive or unaccommodating; small.
  8. Selfish; acting without consideration of others; unkind.
  9. Causing or intending to cause intentional harm; bearing ill will towards another; cruel; malicious.
  10. Powerful; fierce; harsh; damaging.
  11. Accomplished with great skill; deft; hard to compete with.
  12. (childish) Difficult, tricky.
  13. Synonyms:
      14. unkind, nasty, spiteful, foul, malicious, malevolent, despicable, contemptible, obnoxious, vile, odious, loathsome, disagreeable, unpleasant, unfriendly, uncharitable, insensitive, shabby, unfair, callous, cruel, inconsiderate, vicious, base, low, horrible, horrid, thoughtless, hateful, hurtful, heartless, rotten, low-down, vindictive, wicked, bad, beastly, hostile, coldhearted, uncaring, unfeeling, unsympathetic, catty, harsh, malignant, gross, ill-natured, inhuman, inhumane, barbarous … more
  14. Examples:
      15. “Everyone in school was mean to Hannah except for Clay who was a nice guy.”
      “Real-estate prices were high, and the couple could only afford a mean apartment on the rough side of town.”
      “He was a man of mean understanding, little information, and uncertain temper.”
mean
  1. Having the mean (see noun below) as its value.
  2. (obsolete) Middling; intermediate; moderately good, tolerable.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. unkind, nasty, spiteful, foul, malicious, malevolent, despicable, contemptible, obnoxious, vile, odious, loathsome, disagreeable, unpleasant, unfriendly, uncharitable, insensitive, shabby, unfair, callous, cruel, inconsiderate, vicious, base, low, horrible, horrid, thoughtless, hateful, hurtful, heartless, rotten, low-down, vindictive, wicked, bad, beastly, hostile, coldhearted, uncaring, unfeeling, unsympathetic, catty, harsh, malignant, gross, ill-natured, inhuman, inhumane, barbarous … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “Everyone in school was mean to Hannah except for Clay who was a nice guy.”
      “Real-estate prices were high, and the couple could only afford a mean apartment on the rough side of town.”
      “He was a man of mean understanding, little information, and uncertain temper.”
meanless
  1. (archaic) Meaningless, lacking meaning.
  2. (mathematics) Having no (mathematical) mean, or having a mean of zero.
  3. Examples:
      4. “Harp continued to find receivers open and the Eagles added several meanless touchdowns in the last half of the game.”
      “The window here, and there the door annoys, Then frequent repetitions tire the ear Of meanless speeches, dull and insincere.”
meaningless
  1. Lacking meaning.
  2. Insignificant; not worthy of importance.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. pointless, aimless, purposeless, futile, useless, valueless, inconsequential, insignificant, trifling, trivial, worthless, insubstantial, senseless, hollow, irrelevant, motiveless, nugatory, unimportant, vain, feckless, fruitless, unproductive, unprofitable, empty, nothing, profitless, purportless, negligible, throwaway, unpurposed, vacant, vapid, good-for-nothing, of no use, unavailing, ineffectual, ineffective, idle, inutile, hopeless, needless, bootless, otiose, counterproductive, unnecessary, without rhyme or reason, mindless, unusable, inane, to no purpose … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “The Ulster Unionists boycotted this morning's meaningless meeting of the Northern Ireland Assembly.”
      “Tired faces turned, waiting for the thread of babble and meaningless words they would only pretend to hear.”
      “Young people of my generation had no time for Larkin's irony and simply dismissed traditional sexual morality as a clutter of meaningless taboos.”
meaning
  1. Having a (specified) intention.
  2. Expressing some intention or significance; meaningful.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. meaningful, suggestive, expressive, revealing, significant, eloquent, pointed, evocative, evocatory, intriguing, allusive, revelatory, symbolic, telltale, redolent, speaking, pregnant, telling, deep, feeling, indicative, enlightening, demonstrative, illuminating, animated, informative, educational, mobile, communicative, loaded, charged, weighty, imaginative, seminal, creative, inventive, original, momentous, fecund, cogent, important, consequential, sententious, rich, persuasive, strong, powerful, forceful, moving, impressive … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “She gave Gabriel a meaning look.”
meaningful
  1. Having meaning, significant.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. important, material, significant, consequential, deep, relevant, weighty, eventful, purposeful, serious, substantial, telling, valid, worthwhile, monumental, big, earthshaking, historic, major, momentous, considerable, essential, heavy, indicative, much, pithy, profound, useful, earth-shattering, sententious, crucial, critical, notable, far-reaching, vital, pivotal, tectonic, key, memorable, noteworthy, great, urgent, fundamental, decisive, extraordinary, all-important, paramount, high priority, high-priority, remarkable … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “I'd like to think that the relationship we had was meaningful in some way.”
      “This gibberish will hardly be meaningful to anyone.”
      “Don and Hillary looked at each other from across the room and exchanged a meaningful glance.”
meaned
  1. (in combinations) Having a specific type of mean (mathematical mean)
meaner
  1. comparative form of mean: more mean
  2. Synonyms:
      3. unkinder, nastier, spitefuller, fouler, viler, unpleasanter, unfriendlier, shabbier, unfairer, crueler, viciouser, baser, lower, horribler, horrider, hatefuller, rottener, wickeder, badder, beastlier, cattier, harsher, grosser, snider, dirtier, scummier, more malicious, more malevolent, more despicable, more contemptible, more obnoxious, more odious, more loathsome, more disagreeable, more uncharitable, more insensitive, more callous, more inconsiderate, more thoughtless, more hurtful, more heartless, more low-down, more vindictive, more hostile, more coldhearted, more uncaring, more unfeeling, more unsympathetic, more malignant, more ill-natured … more
meanable
  1. (philosophy) Capable of being meant.
  2. Examples:
      3. “Firstly, the writer, like the language, is subject to the situation, in that he or she must say something meanable.”
meanish
  1. Somewhat mean.
  2. Examples:
      3. “To get to Meanish pier, head for Dunvegan and before entering it turn onto an unclassified road passing through Glendale.”
      “For the slip and pier at Meanish, turn onto an unclassified road to Glendale just before entering Dunvegan.”
meanest
  1. superlative form of mean: most mean
  2. Synonyms:
      3. rearmost, last, final, hindmost, closing, ultimate, concluding, terminating, latest, terminal, bottommost, farthest, furthest, lag, end, latter, remotest, outermost, endmost, finishing, extreme, utmost, ending, eventual, hindermost, conclusive, lattermost, aftermost, uttermost, ulterior, hinder, far, posterior, antipodal, climactic, crowning, curtains, definitive, determinate, determinative, least, lowest, supreme, backmost, far-off, at the end, bitter end, most recent, swan song, once and for all … more
meant
  1. simple past tense and past participle of mean
  2. Synonyms:
      3. thought, intended, aimed, planned, designed, meaned, had in mind, resolved, set out, contemplated, purposed, aspired, proposed, had plans, desired, expected, conceived, wanted, premeditated, endeavored, wished, anticipated, endeavoured, sought, envisaged, thought of, envisioned, counted on, had in view, strived, targetted, targeted, made plans, had every intention, angled, striven, strove, purported, looked, meditated, had the intention, determined, calculated, allowed, schemed, set your sights on, committed, considered, decided, destined … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The surprise was meant as a gift for his co-star, but obviously, it was just as much of a treat for The Office fans.”
      “Perhaps, it was all just meant to be.”
      “They knew that their son had to do what was meant of him.”
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