noun
1. the quality of being deliberately mean (Freq. 1)
• Syn: ↑beastliness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑mean, ↑beastly (for: ↑beastliness)
• Hypernyms: ↑malevolence, ↑malevolency, ↑malice
2. extreme stinginess
• Syn:
↑minginess, ↑niggardliness, ↑niggardness, ↑parsimony, ↑parsimoniousness, ↑tightness, ↑tightfistedness, ↑closeness
• Derivationally related forms:
↑close (for: ↑closeness), ↑tightfisted (for: ↑tightfistedness), ↑tight (for: ↑tightness), ↑parsimonious (for: ↑parsimoniousness), ↑parsimonious (for: ↑parsimony), ↑niggardly (for: ↑niggardliness), ↑mingy (for: ↑minginess), ↑mean
• Hypernyms: ↑stinginess
• Hyponyms: ↑pettiness, ↑littleness, ↑smallness, ↑miserliness
Useful english dictionary. 2012.