meanie

Example Sentences

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Blackballing him from USA House was akin to screaming in his face that he’s a big meanie and the president wasn’t going to take it any more.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026

My husband then began egging our children on with comments about how it’s too bad we can’t have a pet because mom is being a meanie.

From Slate • Apr. 27, 2021

“Evil doesn’t care if you’re nice,” he declares, which is certainly the case with the villain of the piece, a meanie with a robotic claw named — what else?

From Seattle Times • Dec. 23, 2019

A coldhearted meanie from Gloucester Had a wife, but he badgered and boucester.

From Washington Post • Sep. 6, 2018

Being the meanie that he was, he moved slowly, getting great pleasure from Father Time’s fear.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles