Mean and Needy

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Mean

Mean adjective - Being about midway between extremes of amount or size.
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Needy and mean are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Needy" instead an adjective "Mean".
Nearby Words: means, meaning, meanness, meant, meanly

Needy

Needy adjective - Lacking money or material possessions.
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Mean and needy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Mean" instead an adjective "Needy".
Nearby Words: need, needed, needful, needing

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  • Literature / A Christmas Carol Opinion-Changing Dream: Before four ghosts visit him in his dream Scrooge is a mean person who hates Christmas and helping the needy.
    Source: Literature / A Christmas Carol
  • Some interpret this to mean he, being very Hot-Blooded and brimming with all kinds of intense emotions (he is 16 after all), is too needy or in love with the idea of being in love.
    Source: Loving a Shadow
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