Meanness and Villainy

Meanness

Meanness noun - The desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm.

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Villainy and meanness are semantically related in depravity topic. In some cases you can use "Villainy" instead a noun "Meanness", when it comes to topics like baseness.

Nearby Words: mean, meanly

Villainy

Villainy noun - That which is morally unacceptable.

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Meanness and villainy are semantically related in depravity topic. Sometimes you can use "Meanness" instead a noun "Villainy", if it concerns topics such as baseness.

Nearby Words: villain, villainous

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How words are described

pure	pure meanness	pure villainy
usual	usual meanness	usual villainy
petty	petty meanness	petty villainy
actual	actual meanness	actual villainy
Other adjectives: real, general.

Both words in one sentence

So when Alice walks in wearing all black, chains, Spikes of Villainy, and sundry other signs of violence and villainy, Bob can assume they mean meanness.

Source: Freaky Fashion, Mild Mind

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Villainy and Meanness. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 27, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/meanness/villainy

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