meanness

meanness
noun, no pl.
1) (stinginess) Schäbigkeit, die (abwertend)
2) (baseness) Schäbigkeit, die (abwertend); Gemeinheit, die
3) (shabbiness) see academic.ru/45794/mean">mean II 3): Schäbigkeit, die; Armseligkeit, die
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noun die Niedrigkeit
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mean·ness
[ˈmi:nnəs]
n no pl
1. esp BRIT (lack of generosity) Kleinlichkeit f, Geiz m
2. (unkindness) Gemeinheit f, Gehässigkeit f
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['miːnnɪs]
n
1) (esp Brit: miserliness) Geiz m, Knauserigkeit f
2) (= unkindness, spite) Gemeinheit f
3) (= baseness of birth, motives) Niedrigkeit f
4) (= shabbiness) Schäbigkeit f, Armseligkeit f
5) (= viciousness) Bösartigkeit f; (of look) Gehässigkeit f, Hinterhältigkeit f; (of criminal) Niedertracht f
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meanness [ˈmiːnnıs] s
1. Niedrigkeit f, niedriger Stand
2. Ärmlichkeit f, Armseligkeit f, Schäbigkeit f
3. Gemeinheit f, Niederträchtigkeit f
4. Schäbigkeit f, Geiz m, Knaus(e)rigkeit f, Filzigkeit f
5. besonders US umg Fiesheit f
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noun, no pl.
1) (stinginess) Schäbigkeit, die (abwertend)
2) (baseness) Schäbigkeit, die (abwertend); Gemeinheit, die
3) (shabbiness) see mean II 3): Schäbigkeit, die; Armseligkeit, die
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n.
Gemeinheit f.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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