Mean
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

AIM
The action of directing something at an object; "he took aim and fired"

LOW
The lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving

4 letters

SHOW
Pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression; "they try to keep up appearances"; "that ceremony is just for show"

BASE
Having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; "that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burke; "taking a mean advantage"; "chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare; "something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics"

POOR
People without possessions or wealth (considered as a group); "the urban poor need assistance"

NORM
A statistic describing the location of a distribution; "it set the norm for American homes"

UGLY
Morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar"

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CRUEL
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"

SNIDE
Expressive of contempt; "curled his lip in a supercilious smile"; "spoke in a sneering jeering manner"; "makes many a sharp comparison but never a mean or snide one"

IMPLY
Express or state indirectly

NASTY
Characterized by obscenity; "had a filthy mouth"; "foul language"; "smutty jokes"

TIGHT
(of a contest or contestants) evenly matched; "a close contest"; "a close election"; "a tight game"

EQUAL
A person who is of equal standing with another in a group

GETAT
Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

MINGY
(used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity; "a mean person"; "he left a miserly tip"

THINK
An instance of deliberate thinking; "I need to give it a good think"

6 letters

ENTAIL
The act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple

ABJECT
Of the most contemptible kind; "abject cowardice"; "a low stunt to pull"; "a low-down sneak"; "his miserable treatment of his family"; "You miserable skunk!"; "a scummy rabble"; "a scurvy trick"

ORNERY
Having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers

MEAGER
Deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"

INTEND
Denote or connote; "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means"

VULGAR
Of or associated with the great masses of people; "the common people in those days suffered greatly"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "his square plebeian nose"; "a vulgar and objectionable person"; "the unwashed masses"

DENOTE
Be a sign or indication of; "Her smile denoted that she agreed"

STINGY
Unwilling to spend; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds"

SHABBY
Showing signs of wear and tear; "a ratty old overcoat"; "shabby furniture"; "an old house with dirty windows and tatty curtains"

UNKIND
Lacking kindness; "a thoughtless and unkind remark"; "the unkindest cut of all"

CUSSED
Stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

WICKED
Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench"

MEDIUM
An occupation for which you are especially well suited; "in law he found his true metier"

7 letters

IGNOBLE
Not of the nobility; "of ignoble (or ungentle) birth"; "untitled civilians"

AVERAGE

LOWDOWN

CONNOTE
Express or state indirectly

VICIOUS
Having the nature of vice

SUGGEST
Suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine; "Tetracycline is indicated in such cases"

SELFISH
Concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others; "Selfish men were...trying to make capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of civil rights"- Maria Weston Chapman

SIGNIFY
Denote or connote; "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means"

AVERAGE
A statistic describing the location of a distribution; "it set the norm for American homes"

NOTNICE

MISERLY
(used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity; "a mean person"; "he left a miserly tip"

THINKOF
Devise or invent; "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"; "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software"

HATEFUL
Evoking or deserving hatred; "no vice is universally as hateful as ingratitude"- Joseph Priestly

8 letters

STANDFOR
Denote or connote; "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means"

BEGGARLY
(used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt

PLEBEIAN
Of or associated with the great masses of people; "the common people in those days suffered greatly"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "his square plebeian nose"; "a vulgar and objectionable person"; "the unwashed masses"

SPITEFUL
Showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite; "a despiteful fiend"; "a truly spiteful child"; "a vindictive man will look for occasions for resentment"

9 letters

MALICIOUS
Having the nature of or resulting from malice; "malicious gossip"; "took malicious pleasure in...watching me wince"- Rudyard Kipling

NIGGARDLY
Petty or reluctant in giving or spending; "a niggardly tip"

BASTARDLY
Of no value or worth; "I was caught in the bastardly traffic"

MEANVALUE
An average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n

10 letters

HAVEINMIND
Intend to refer to; "I'm thinking of good food when I talk about France"; "Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!"

UNGENEROUS
Unwilling to spend; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds"

VILLAINOUS
Extremely wicked; "nefarious schemes"; "a villainous plot"; "a villainous band of thieves"

11 letters

CLOSEFISTED
Unwilling to part with money

TIGHTFISTED
Unwilling to part with money

SMALLMINDED

12 letters

CONTEMPTIBLE
Deserving of contempt or scorn

MEANSPIRITED
Lacking in magnanimity; "it seems ungenerous to end this review of a splendid work of scholarship on a critical note"- Times Litt. Sup.; "a meanspirited man unwilling to forgive"

BLACKHEARTED

PARSIMONIOUS
Excessively unwilling to spend; "parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses"; "lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence"

CANTANKEROUS
Having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers

UNCHARITABLE
Lacking love and generosity; "all pious words and uncharitable deeds"- Charles Reade

15 letters

INCONSEQUENTIAL
Lacking worth or importance; "his work seems trivial and inconsequential"; "the quite inconsequent fellow was managed like a puppet"