Reverse Dictionary: MEAN

ADJECTIVES
► ADELE vindictive, mean, bitchy → 2000s S. Afr. homosexual sl.
► AIM mean, stingy, ‘near’ → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► AIRTIGHT extremely mean → 1970s sl.
► ALL COP AND NO BLUE said of a mean person or attitude → L19 sl.
► ASSY mean; malicious; stubborn; impolite; sarcastic; debased → 1980s sl.
► AUCHIMUTY mean, paltry → 1898 Sc. (Bk.)
► BACK-DOOR mean, stealthy, underhand, devious, cunning, untrustworthy → 1898 N. Ireland (Bk.)
► BAD-ASSED mean-tempered; belligerent; worthless → 1956 Amer. dial.
► BARE audacious; also, mean, base → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BASTARDLY mean; despicable → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► BEGGARY beggarly, poor; mean, contemptible → 1542 obs.
► BORE a mean, bad-tempered person → 1965 Amer. dial.
► CAFF-HEARTED faint-hearted, timid, cowardly; of a worthless, mean disposition → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CAFFY worthless, mean → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CAFT faint-hearted, timid, cowardly; of a worthless, mean disposition → 1830 Eng. dial.
► CAITIFF vile, base, mean, basely wicked; worthless, miserable, wretched → a1300
► CARLISH churlish, clownish, vulgar, coarse; rude, mean → a1240
► CHEAP mean, ungenerous → 1904 US sl.
► CHICKEN strictly conventional in conduct; following rules too closely, esp. Army; misusing authority; petty, mean → 20C US sl.
► CHINCH miserly, parsimonious, mean → 1300 obs.
► CHINCHY miserly, stingy; ungenerous, mean → 1406 US colloq.
► CHUMPY mean, contemptible → 1890 US students’ sl.
► CLOSE-FISTED mean, grudging
► CLOSE-HANDED mean, grudging
► CRAB perverse; ill-humoured, mean, cross → 1961 UK sl.
► CRAWLSOME addicted to mean, worm-like behaviour → 1904
► CROPIN’ stingy, niggardly, mean → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► CROPING stingy, mean → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► CROW poor; mean; trivial; insignificant; worthless → 1914 criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► CRUSTY dirty, mean, contemptible → 1974 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CURRISH like a cur in nature; snappish, snarling, quarrelsome, mean-spirited, base, ignoble → c1460
► DAPOCAGINOUS that has a little or narrow heart; mean-spirited, low-spirited, heartless, of little worth → 1674  obs.
► DIRTY contemptible, paltry; mean, dishonest → 1900 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DOG-BOLT wretched, miserable, mean, base, degraded, contemptible → 1580 obs.
► DOGGITY hateful, stubborn, mean → 1954 Amer. dial.
► DUSTY mean, worthless, vile → 1649
► EATHLY of a person: low in station; mean in character → c1200 obs.
► EGG-SUCKING (derogatory) disgusting, mean, contemptible → 1875 Amer. dial.
► FAST close-fisted, mean, niggardly → c1175 obs.
► FAUSTY irascible, angry, low, mean, cross; pert, impertinent, impudent, self-important; frisky, mettlesome → 1890 Amer. dial.
► FEEBLE in moral sense: mean, base, contemptible → c1250 obs.
► FEISTY ► FICETY ► FISTY ► FYSTY irascible, argumentative, touchy, angry, low, mean, cross; pert, impertinent, impudent, self-important; frisky, mettlesome → 1890 Amer. dial.
► GNIB – stingy, mean; ill-tempered, curt in manner → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► HAGGERSHANK stingy, mean → 1913 Sc. obs.
► HEAN ► HENE mean, abject, poor; humble, lowly; abased, ignoble; miserable, wretched, dejected, humiliated; of little importance, trivial → c825 obs.
► HEART-BOUND having the heart shut up or fast-closed to a person; pitiless, hard-hearted, mean, stingy → 1616 obs.
► HIDEBOUND stingy, niggardly, mean → L16 obs.
► HILDING cowardly, spiritless, base, menial, mean, wretched → 1581 arch.
► HUNGRY stingy, mean → 1855 Aust. sl.
► ILL-FAVOURED ill-tempered;  ill-natured; mean → 1895 Sc.
► IRON-FISTED close-fisted, niggardly, covetous, miserly, stingy, mean → 1826
► ISLE OF WIGHT mean, grasping → 20C rhyming sl. for ‘tight’
► JADISH mean → 1647 US
► KARLISH churlish, clownish, vulgar, coarse; rude, mean → a1240
► LITTLE-WORTH of worthless, mean, bad, or contemptible character → c1200 obs. exc. arch. & Sc. obs.
► LIVER-FACED mean and cowardly → 1834
► LOUSY mean, wretched → c1386
► LOUSY AS A BANDICOOT rotten, mean, wretched → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► LOW-DOWN contemptible, disreputable, worthless; base, mean, of a low social class → 1865 sl. orig. US
► LOWER THAN WHALE SHIT very mean, contemptible, despicable → 1965 Amer. dial.
► LOW-SPIRITED mean-spirited; unpleasant, nasty → 1598
► LOW-WITTED showing or caused by malice; spiteful, mean → 1742
► MANGY cowardly, mean → 1896 Eng. dial.
► MARY ANN ► MARY ANNE vile; low; mean; ugly → 1872 Amer. dial.
► MEAN AS ALL OUTDOORS utterly mean → 1990 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► MEAN AS A YARD DOG very mean, unkind → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MEAN AS CATSHIT AND TWICE AS NASTY extremely ungenerous → 1930s sl.
► MEAN AS CAT’S PISS very mean → 20C Aust. sl.
► MEAN AS JOB’S TURKEY very mean → 1853 Amer. dial.
► MEAN AS ONE’S HIDE WOULD HOLD ONE extremely mean → 1968 Amer. dial.
► MEAN AS PIGSHIT AND TWICE AS NASTY extremely ungenerous → 1930s sl.
► MEAN AS THE OLD SCRATCH very mean → 1909 Amer. dial.
► MEAN ENOUGH TO PUSH A WIDOW WOMAN’S DOG IN THE WELL very mean → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MEAN ENOUGH TO PUSH BLIND BIDDIES IN THE CREEK very mean → 1946 Amer. dial.
► MEAN ENOUGH TO PUSH LITTLE CHICKENS IN THE WATER very mean → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MEAN ENOUGH TO PUSH LITTLE DUCKS IN THE WATER very mean → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MEAN ENOUGH TO SCARE THE BUZZARDS OFF A GUTWAGON very mean → 1966 Amer. dial.
► MEAN ENOUGH TO STEAL ACORNS FROM A BLIND HOG as mean as may be → 1867 Amer. dial.
► MEAN ENOUGH TO TAKE A LOLLIPOP FROM A BABY very mean → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MEANER THAN A CAT’S TAIL extremely mean, unkind, unpleasant → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MEANER THAN A CUT CAT very mean → 1950s sl.
► MEANER THAN A DOG very mean, unkind → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MEANER THAN A MAD DOG very mean, unkind → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MEANER THAN A PINCHING BUG very mean → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MEANER THAN BILLY-BE-DAMNED very mean → 1968 Amer. dial.
► MEANER THAN CAT DUNG extremely mean, unkind, unpleasant → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MEANER THAN CAT MANURE extremely mean, unkind, unpleasant → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MEANER THAN CAT PISS extremely mean, unkind, unpleasant → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MEANER THAN CATFISH very mean, unpleasant → 1969 Amer. dial.
► MEANER THAN CAT SHIT extremely mean, unkind, unpleasant → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MEANER THAN CAT SHIT AND A DAMN SIGHT NASTIER extremely mean, unkind, unpleasant → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MEANER THAN CAT WATER extremely mean, unkind, unpleasant → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MEANER THAN CLAY very mean → 1968 Amer. dial.
► MEANER THAN COW SHIT very mean, contemptible, despicable → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MEANER THAN GOOSE GREASE very mean and nasty → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► MEANER THAN HEN SHIT very mean, contemptible, despicable → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MEANER THAN HOG SHIT very mean, contemptible, despicable → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MEANER THAN OLD BILLY very mean, unpleasant→ 1969 Amer. dial.
► MEANER THAN OLD BILLY HELL very mean → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MEANER THAN OLD COOT very mean, unpleasant → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MEANER THAN OLD DEVIL ► MEANER THAN OLD DEVIL HISSELF very mean, unpleasant → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MEANER THAN OLD DICK very mean, unpleasant → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MEANER THAN OLD HARRY very mean, unpleasant → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MEANER THAN OLD NICK very mean, unpleasant → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MEANER THAN OLD ROT very mean, unpleasant → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MEANER THAN OLD SATAN very mean, unpleasant → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MEANER THAN OLD SCRATCH very mean, unpleasant → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MEANER THAN OLD SCROOGE very mean, unpleasant → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MEANER THAN OLD VARMINT very mean, unpleasant → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MEANER THAN OWL’S SHIT very mean, contemptible, despicable → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MEANER THAN PUSSLEY extremely mean or ill-tempered → 1853 Amer. dial.
► MEANER THAN SHIT very mean, contemptible, despicable → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MEANER THAN SKUNK SHIT very mean, contemptible, despicable → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MEANER THAN SNAKE SHIT very mean, contemptible, despicable → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MEANER THAN THE ITCH very mean → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MEANER THAN THE OLD SCRATCH very mean, unpleasant → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MEANER THAN THE SEVEN-YEAR ITCH very mean → 1967 Amer. dial.
► MEANER THAN TOPHET very mean, ‘meaner than hell’ → 1968 Amer. dial.
► MEANER THAN WHALE SHIT very mean, contemptible, despicable → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MEANY mean; irritable → 1941 Amer. dial.
► MEASLY mean, miserly → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MINGEY ► MINGY mean, stingy, niggardly; disappointingly or ungenerously small → 1911 colloq.
► MINGY-MINDED mean, stingy, niggardly, miserly → 1959 colloq.
► MINSHACH mean, niggardly, inhospitable → 1903 Sc. (Bk.)
► MISERABLE tight-fisted, grasping, mean → M19 sl.
► MISERLY wretched, mean, shabby → 1900 Sc.   obs.
► NACKLE-ASS of persons and things: poor, mean, inferior, paltry → 1903 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NARRISH thrifty, mean → 1889 UK society usage
► NARROW sparing, close, parsimonious, mean, stingy → a1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► NARROW-CONTRACTED narrow-minded; stingy, mean, ungenerous → 1909 Amer. dial.
► NARROW-GUTTED stingy, mean, ungenerous → 1903 Amer. dial.
► NARROW-HARSED narrow-minded; mean, stingy, barely honest → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NARROW-HEARTED mean, ungenerous, ignoble → c1200
► NARROW-SOULED mean, stingy → a1700 N. Eng. dial.
► NARROW-SPIRITED mean-spirited, wanting in generous or liberal feelings → 1679
► NEAR niggardly, miserly, stingy, parsimonious, frugal, mean, greedy, covetous  → 1616
► NIGGISH niggardly, miserly, stingy, mean, parsimonious → 1542 obs.
► NIPCHEESE mean, miserly, niggardly → 1819
► OILY mean-tempered; tough, mean, unpleasant, troublesome, unruly, obstinate → 1936 Amer. dial.
► ORNERY inferior, poor, insignificant, worthless, contemptible, mean, immoral → 1816 Amer. dial.
► ORNERY AS AN EGG-SUCKING HOUND mean, contemptible, disgusting → 1985 Amer. dial.
► ORNERY AS THE DEVIL, AS mean, bad-tempered → 1965 Amer. dial.
► PALTERLY paltry, mean, shabby, worthless, mean→ 1666-7 obs. exc. Eng. dial. obs.
► PALTHERLY paltry, worthless, mean → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PARTAN-HANDED close-fisted, stingy, mean, miserly, grasping, tight-fisted → 1823 Sc.
► PAULTERLY paltry, worthless, mean → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PECKSNIFFIAN making high pretensions to benevolence and virtue while really mean, selfish, and hypocritical → 1844
► PICAYUNE mean, contemptible, paltry; of small value or importance → 1856 Amer. colloq.
► PICAYUNISH mean, petty → US & Can. colloq.
► PICEY mean → L19 army sl.
► PIKER mean, shirking, cowardly → 1901 sl.
► PIMPING petty, mean → 1792 Amer. dial.
► POISON mean, hateful, vicious; extreme; treacherous → 1834 Amer. dial.
► POOR mentally or morally inferior; lacking in courage or spirit; low, mean, contemptible → 1425 obs.
► PUSILL small, insignificant, petty, mean, weak → 1599 obs.
► PUSILLANIME lacking in courage and strength of mind; of weak spirit; faint-hearted, cowardly, mean-spirited → 1570 obs.
► PUSILLANIMOUS lacking in courage and strength of mind; of weak spirit; faint-hearted, cowardly, mean-spirited → 1586
► RAGABASH contemptible, mean, paltry; good-for-nothing → 19C Eng. dial.
► RANTANKEROUS quarrelsome, argumentative, cantankerous; unruly, mean, bad → c1832 US colloq.
► RASCAL wretched, mean → 1585 obs.
► RASCALLY wretched, miserable, mean → 1606
► RATTY wretched or in poor condition; nasty; mean; shabby, scruffy, or ragged → 1867 colloq.
► ROINISH mean, base → LME arch.
► ROINOUS coarse, mean, paltry, base, nasty, contemptible → c1366 obs.
► SCABBED mean, contemptible, ‘scurvy’ → 1579 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SCABBY contemptible, mean, vile; stingy → 1712
► SCALD mean, paltry, contemptible → 1500
► SCALY of persons: mean, stingy → 1793 sl.
► SCANDALOUS mean-spirited → 2001 US sl.
► SCAWT scruffy, mean, contemptible, scanty, niggling; short of due measure → c1715 Sc.
► SCODGE a mean, sneaking fellow → 1900 Sc.
► SCOOTIE low, mean, beggar-like → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► SCOTCH stingy, frugal, mean, greedy in money matters → 1932 Amer. dial.
► SCOTCHY stingy, frugal, mean, greedy in money matters → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SCOTTISH stingy, frugal, mean, greedy in money matters → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SCOURIE ► SCOURY ► SCOWRIE mean in conduct; niggardly; idle; disreputable → 1721 Sc.
► SCRANNY mean, niggardly → 1884 Eng. dial.
► SCRAWBY mean, stingy, niggardly → 1881 Eng. dial.
► SCRAWLING mean, despicable, paltry; worthless, miserably small → 1876 Eng. dial.
► SCRAWVLIN poor and mean → 1825 Eng. dial. obs.
► SCRIMITY ► SCRIMMETY mean, stingy, niggardly → 19C Eng. dial.
► SCRIMPY scanty, small, pinched; puny, miserable; mean, niggardly → 1865 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SCRIMY dirty, contemptible, mean → 1931 Amer. dial.
► SCROBY mean, stingy, niggardly → 1881 Eng. dial.
► SHISTY cold-hearted, mean → 2004 US sl.
► SHITTY mean, malicious, nasty → 1920s US sl.
► SHNIDE false, counterfeit, sham, bogus, phony, fake; hence, mean, contemptible, underhand → 1859 UK
► SHONKY avaricious, mean; money-grubbing → 1951 sl.
► SINGLE-SOLED of persons: poor, mean, of little account or worth; insignificant → 1588 obs.
► SKINNY mean, miserly, niggardly, stingy → 1833
► SNEAKBILL mean, paltry, sneaking → 1611 obs.
► SNEAKINS-MEAKINS mean → 1905 Amer. dial.
► SNIDE mean, contemptible, underhand; mean; nasty, esp. in an insinuating way → 1859 UK
► SNIDEY false, counterfeit, sham, bogus; hence, mean, contemptible, underhand → 1859 UK sl.
► SNIFTY disdainful, haughty, fault-finding; petty, mean → 1871 Amer. sl.
► SNIPPY parsimonious, mean; covetous → 1727 Eng. dial.
► SNITCHY mean, stingy → 1905 Amer. dial.
► SNOEP mean, greedy, selfish, stingy → 1960s S. Afr.
► SNUDGE mean, miserly, crabby → 1855 Eng. dial.
► SOME UGLY mean, bad-tempered → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SORDID of a coarse, gross, or inferior character or nature; appertaining to a mean person or thing; menial → 1596 obs.
► STERQUILINIOUS pertaining to a dunghill; hence, dirty, mean, paltry → c1645 obs.
► STREAKY mean → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
► STRINGY-BARK rough, uncultured; hence mean, ne’er-do-well → 1833 Aust. sl.
► TARRANT mean, disreputable → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TIGHT mean, ungenerous → 1805 sl.
► TIN mean, petty, worthless, counterfeit, false → 1886
► TINKERLY clumsy, bungling, unskilful; of poor quality; mean, low, disreputable → 1586
► TINNY mean, grasping → 1930s Aust. & NZ sl.
► TOO MEAN TO PART WITH ONE’S SHIT very mean → L19 sl.
► TURKISH (DELIGHT) mean, grasping → 1990s rhyming sl. for ‘tight’
► UNDALA ► UNDALI mean, despicable → 1825 Sc.
► UNDERMINDED sly, deceptive, double-faced; underhand, mean, treacherous → 1902 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► WADDY queer; mean → 1914 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► WUZZY confused; mean → 1914 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► YALD mean, niggardly, parsimonious → 1825 Sc. obs.

ADVERBS
► ILL-FAVOUREDLY meanly → 1776 Sc.
► NEAR thriftily; parsimoniously, meanly → a1625

NOUNS
► CAT POISON meanness → 1930 Amer. dial.
► FASTSHIP the quality of gripping tightly; parsimony, meanness, niggardliness → a1225 obs.
► GALLOWSNESS meanness, badness → 1859 Eng. dial.
► MEANERY meanness → 1845 Amer. dial.
► ONE-WAY POCKETS meanness → 1926 jocular usage
► ORNERINESS meanness, cantankerous behaviour → 1884 US sl.
► PARVANIMITY smallness of mind, meanness, narrow-mindedness; also, an instance of this, or a person characterized by it → a1691
► POLTROON an utter coward; a mean-spirited person; a worthless wretch → a1529 arch. or humorous usage
► PUSILLITY littleness, pettiness, meanness, weakness → a1619 obs.
► SHEEPINESS mean-spiritedness → 1663 obs.

NOUNS – PERSON
► ALTA KAKER ► ALTER KOCKER a mean, disgusting and nasty old man → 1943 US sl.
► AZZALD a silly, insignificant, mean person → 1830 Eng. dial.
► AZZARD a silly, insignificant, mean person → 1790 Eng. dial.
► BABY a mean or intimidating man; a tough guy → 1939 Amer. sl.
► BACHEL a mean, feeble creature → 1825 Sc.
► BAD ACTOR a mean. malicious, or deceitful person → 1975 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BADASS a mean or malicious person →  1956 US sl.
► BAD-ASSED NIGGER ► BAD-ASS NIGGER a troublemaker; a mean person → 1900s African-American sl.
► BAT a disagreeable, despicable, or foolish woman or girl; a quarrelsome, unpleasant or cranky woman; a gossipy or mean old woman; a shrew or termagant → 1886
► BATTLE-AX ► BATTLE-AXE a strong man who is disliked or considered mean → c1920 Amer. sl. obs.
► BAYOO an unpopular, unappealing person; a lowdown, mean cuss → 1889 African-American sl.
► BEGGAR a term of contempt; a mean or low fellow → a1400
► BEZONIAN a term of contempt: a needy beggar; a poor wretch; a base fellow; a mean, low person; a knave;  a rascal; a scoundrel → 1611 obs.
► BIDDY an old woman, generally irritating or interfering; a fussy, mean, or quarrelsome old woman; usually as ‘old biddy’ → 1833 sl.
► BIG STIFF a term of abuse; a fool; a rough, clumsy, stupid, or overbearing man; a mean, disagreeable or contemptible person; a disliked person; an uncouth, self-opinionated person → 1896 sl., orig. US
► BLACKHEART a mean or ill-tempered person → 1968 Amer. dial.
► BOLL WEEVIL a worthless or contemptible person; a mean, despised person → 1941 Amer. dial.
► CAITIFF a base, mean, despicable person; a villain → 1250 arch.
► CAT a malicious or spiteful woman; a mean, cunning woman; a shrewish man → 1915 Amer. dial.
► CAVEL ► CAVILL ► KAVEL ► KEVEL a low, mean fellow → 1706 Sc.
► CHAPULIN a person of a mean or petty disposition → 1932 Amer. dial.
► CHEAP CHARLIE a mean person → 1965 US sl., chiefly military usage
► CHINCH a miserly or mean person; a stingy person → a1300
► CHINCHER a mean or miserly person → 1333 obs.
► CHINCHERD a mean or miserly person; a skinflint → 1529 obs.
► CLUSTERFIST a close-fisted, mean, or grasping fellow; a miserly fellow, a niggard → 1652
► CRANKPOT a mean, bad-tempered person → 1966 Amer. dial.
► CRAWLER an obsequious person; a toady; a sycophant; a person who acts in a mean or servile way → 1847
► CULLION a term of great contempt; a base, despicable, or vile fellow; a bad fellow; a mean wretch; a scoundrel, a rascal → 1575 obs.
► CURLY WOLF an objectionable or mean person; a tough character → 1919 Amer. dial.
► DEAD ONE a useless, unsociable, impoverished, or mean person → L19 US sl.
► DOG-BOLT a term of contempt or reproach applied to a person; a contemptible fellow; a mean wretch or villain → 1465 obs.
► DOG’S HELPER a person of mean appearance → 1825 Sc.
► DUST-WORM a ‘worm of the dust’, a mean, despicable, or grovelling person; a term of reproach → 1621 obs. exc. Eng. dial. obs.
► EARTHWORM a disparaging name for a person, esp. a mean or grovelling person → 1625
► EGG-SUCKER a worthless animal, esp. a dog; hence, a mean and worthless person → 1853 Amer. dial., derogatory
► EGG-SUCKING DOG a dog that robs the hen’s nest; also applied to a mean and contemptible person → 1950 Amer. dial.
► FACE-THE-CLARTS a low, plausible sneak; a mean, grovelling fellow → 1868 Sc. obs.
► FAFFNECUTE ► FEFFICUTE ► FEFFMECUTE ► FEFFNECUTE ► THEFNICUTE a hypocrite; a mean, sneaking fellow; a parasite, a hanger-on → 1864 Eng. dial.
► FLABERGUDGION ► FLABERGULLION a dirty, mean fellow; a worthless, slovenly fellow; a base, foul, nasty wretch; a scoundrel → 1611 obs.
► GOWGAIR a mean, selfish, greedy fellow → 1825 Sc.
► GROUCH-BOX an irritable or grouchy person; a scolder; a mean, bad-tempered person; one who always finds fault; a complainer → 1960 Amer. dial.
► GROUCH-POT an irritable or grouchy person; a scolder; a mean, bad-tempered person; one who always finds fault; a complainer → 1968 Amer. dial.
► GRUNT an ill-tempered, grouchy person; a mean, bad-tempered person → 1968 Amer. dial., derogatory
► GULLION a contemptible and mean wretch; a soft, worthless fellow → 1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► HAINE ► HAYNE ► HEYNE a term of reproach; a mean wretch, a niggard → c1386 obs.
► HARDNOSE an angry, mean, or rude person; a tough man; an abusive offensively driving motorist → 1958 Amer. dial.
► HATCHEL a mean, bad-tempered person → 1969 Amer. dial.
► HELLCAT a mean, spiteful or malicious person, esp. a woman → 1899 Amer. dial.
► HEX a witch; a mean or witch-like woman, esp. a woman → 1894 Amer. dial.
► HILDING a contemptible, worthless person; a mean, base, cowardly fellow; a wretch → 1601 arch.
► HOG-GRUBBER a mean, stingy, sneaking fellow; a close-fisted fellow; a miser, a niggard → a1700 obs.
► IKEY-MO a mean person → 20C Aust. sl.
► JACK-COVE a mean, low fellow → 1859 sl.
► JASPER a mean or disagreeable person; one who behaves unacceptably → 1966 Amer. dial.
► JERRY-SNEAK a mean, sneaking fellow → 1824
► JEW a mean person → 1606 offensive
► JUNK a mean, despicable man → 1910s US sl.
► KYE a mean, unworthy person; a ‘rating who is mean with his money’ → 1929 nautical sl.
► LAST OF THE BIG SPENDERS ► LAST OF THE BIG-TIME SPENDERS used ironically of a mean person → 1975 Aust. sl.
► LEFT a mean, worthless person → 1377 obs.
► LICK-SPITTLE a mean or abject parasite, sycophant, or toady; a servile flatterer; a contemptible, fawning person → 1825
► MEANIE ► MEANY a mean person → 1927 sl.
► MINGY a mean, stingy, niggardly person → 1939 colloq.
► NABALITE a churlish or miserly person; a mean old person → 1645 obs.
► NAGER ► NAGRE ► NAGUR ► NAIGUR a mean, contemptible fellow; a lout; a reckless fellow → 1905 Ireland (Bk.)
► NEETY-CUD a low fellow who commits mean actions → 1824 Sc.
► NICKEL-AND-DIMER a mean, contemptible, or insignificant person → 1939 US sl.
► NICKEL SQUEEZER a mean, miserly person → 1920s US sl.
► NIDING a mean fellow; a coward → 1605 obs.
► NIPCHEESE a mean, miserly person → 1785 sl.
► NIPFARTHING a mean miser; a skinflint; a niggardly person → 1566 obs.
► NITTIE a mean, greedy person; one who is selfish or disobliging → 1812 Sc. 
► OFFALDMENT ► OFFALMENT anything of no value; a mean, worthless person → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► OLD BIDDY an elderly, gossipy, or dissolute woman; a fussy, mean or quarrelsome old woman → 1938 colloq.
► OLD CAT a malicious or spiteful woman; a mean, cunning woman; a shrewish man → 1915 Amer. dial.
► OLD GOAT any elderly, disliked person, most often a man, but may be a woman; an elderly person disliked for being pompous, stingy, mean, stubborn, unsympathetic to younger people or the like → 20C US colloq.
► OLD HATCHEL a mean, bad-tempered person → 1969 Amer. dial.
► OLD POT a mean, bad-tempered person → 1968 Amer. dial.
► ORNERY CUSS a mean, bad-tempered person → 1965 Amer. dial.
► ORNERY OLD DEVIL a very mean person → 1965 Amer. dial.
► PADDOCK a contemptible, mean, or spiteful person → a1475 derogatory
► PICAYUNE a person or thing considered small, mean, or insignificant; something of slight value or trifling importance → 1804 Amer. colloq.
► PIKER a mean person → sl.
► PIMP-WHISK ► PIMP-WHISKIN a little mean-spirited, stingy fellow → L17 obs.
► PINCHPENCE a mean or stingy person; a miser, a skinflint → 1577 obs.
► PISS-ANT a mean, bad-tempered, or contemptible person; an unimportant person → 1903 now chiefly Amer.
► PISS-POT a mean, bad-tempered person → 1965 Amer. dial.
► POLICEMAN a sneak; a mean fellow; an untrustworthy man → 1874 sl.
► POT a mean, bad-tempered person → 1968 Amer. dial.
► PUG any young tough or mean man → 1974 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PUKE a mean, despicable, contemptible, or disgusting person → 1847 Amer. dial.
► RAMSCALLION an offensively dirty person; a vagrant of low, rude, worthless habits; a mean wretched fellow → 1733 now chiefly N. Eng. dial.
► RASCALLION a low, mean or worthless wretch or rascal; a rogue, a knave → 1649
► RIP a reprobate; anything censurable; a shabby mean fellow → 1827 sl.
► SCAB a term of abuse; a mean, low scurvy fellow; an unpleasant or despicable man; a mean or contemptible person; a rascal, a scoundrel, a rogue → 1590 
► SCADGE a mean, scrounging person; one who curries favour → 1896 Sc.
► SCADGER a term of abuse; a mean, contemptible person; someone who always wants a loan → M19 sl.
► SCALDY a mean, cadging person → 20C Irish sl.
► SCALL a mean, scabby fellow → 1880 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCALY a shabby, mean fellow; a stingy fellow → 1823 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCANK a mean, mercenary person → 2001 sl.
► SCART a contemptible, good-for-nothing, scurvy fellow; a mean, niggardly person → 1825 Sc.
► SCODGY a mean, underhand fellow; a suspicious-looking person → 1824 Sc.
► SCOOT a mean and utterly contemptible person; a scamp; a conceited boaster → 1822 Sc. 
► SCOURY ► SCOWRIE a mean, disreputable person; a blackguard → 1721 Sc.
► SCRAT 1. anything very small and insignificant; a tiny child; a meagre, mean-looking person; the smallest coin → 1885 Sc. & Eng. dial.
2. a saving, industrious person; a mean, niggardly, contemptible fellow;  a miser → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCRAWL a mean or despicable person; a person of low rank → 1879 Eng. dial.
► SCRIMP a miser; a skinflint; a mean, niggardly person → 1904 Eng. & Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SCRINGE a searcher; esp. a child or animal who searches out things not intended for him; a mean, miserly person → 1892 Sc.
► SCROYLE a mean fellow; a rascal, a scoundrel, a wretch; a term of contempt → 1595 obs.
► SCRUB any mean or ill-conditioned person or thing → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SCUDDER a scoundrel, a rascal, a mischievous person; a rowdy, mean person → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SCUTTER a scoundrel, a rascal, a mischievous person; a rowdy, mean person → 1934 Amer. dial.
► SHABAROON a mean-spirited person; a disreputable person; an ill-dressed, shabby fellow; a ragamuffin → a1700 sl. obs.
► SHARE-PENNY one who would shear a penny; a mean person of the worst kind; a niggard, a miser → 1606 obs.
► SHERRAL a mean, unprincipled fellow → 1910 Ireland, offensive (Bk.)
► SHITEPOKE a mean, contemptible, or uncouth person → 1925 Amer. dial.
► SHITE-STICKS a mean, miserly fellow → 1659 obs.
► SHIT-FIRE a contemptuous term for a hot-tempered person; a mean, nasty person → 1598 sl.
► SIWASH a mean, contemptible, worthless person; a dirty or uncouth person → 1913 Western Can. sl. (Bk.)
► SKANK a mean, mercenary person → 2001 sl.
► SKATE an unpleasant or despicable person; a mean, dishonest, or contemptible person, usually male → 1896 sl., chiefly US 
► SKATER a mean or contemptible person → 1920 UK sl.
► SKEESICK ► SKEESUCKS ► SKEEZACKS ► SKEEZECKS ► SKEEZICKS ► SKEEZIX a mean, contemptible fellow; a rascal; a good-for-nothing; a worthless fellow; a mischievous child → 1850 Amer. dial.
► SKINFLINT a mean person → 1700 UK
► SKUNK a thoroughly mean or contemptible person → 1841 colloq.
► SLUBBERDEGULLION a dirty, mean fellow; a worthless, slovenly fellow; a base, foul, nasty wretch → a1616
► SMAIK a low, mean, or contemptible fellow; a rascal, a rogue → 1513 Sc. arch.
► SMART IKE a mean or disagreeable person → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SNEAKBILL a term of contempt; a mean, paltry, or sneaking fellow; a starved or thin-faced person → 1562 obs.
► SNEAKINS-MEAKINS a mean person → 1905 Amer. dial.
► SNEAKSBY a mean-spirited person; a cowardly, creeping scoundrel; a paltry fellow; a sneak → 1580
► SNIBBLE-NOSE one who would save even the droppings of his nose; a term of reproach for a mean-spirited, covetous person; a niggardly miser → 1746 Eng. dial.
► SNIDE a mean, dishonest person → E20 Amer. sl.
► SNITCH a mean or stingy person → 1905 Amer. dial.
► SNOOL a mean or abject person → 1718 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SNUDGE a mean, avaricious person; a niggard, a miser, a stingy person; an intrusive, sponging fellow → 1545 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► SORE-HEAD a mean, niggardly person → 1848 sl., chiefly Amer.
► SPALPEEN a disagreeable, miserable, or contemptible person; a low, mean, or good-for-nothing fellow; a worthless person; a rogue, a rascal, a scamp → 1815 Irish
► SPUNGE a mean fellow → 1895 Aust. criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► SPUNGER a mean fellow → 1895 Aust. criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► SUCKER a greenhorn; a mean, low fellow → 1758 sl.
► TAG-RAG the rabble; the riff-raff; the common people; a member of the rabble; a low or despicable person; a pitiful, ragged fellow; a slovenly, lazy or dirty fellow; a mean person; a vagabond → 1609
► TEAL ► TEIL a busybody; a mean fellow → 1804 Sc. obs.
► TIGHTWAD a mean person → 1906 sl., orig. & chiefly US
► TRAFFLE a person of low or mean character → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► TYKE a low-bred, lazy, mean, surly, or ill-mannered fellow; a boor → a1400
► VAHMENT a term of opprobrium for a person guilty of mean or dishonourable actions → 1877 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► VARLET a person of a low, mean, or knavish disposition; a have, a rogue, a rascal → 1555
► VINEGAR-PISSER a miser, a niggard, a mean person → 1606 colloq.
► WAMPUS a mean, difficult or objectionable person; an offensive or loathsome person → 1912 Amer. dial.
► WAMPUS CAT a virago; a mean, difficult, or objectionable person → 1915 Amer. dial.
► WARLIN a worldly person; a mean, grasping person → 1797 Sc. obs.
► WEASEL a mean, greedy or sneaking fellow → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► WHEAN a woman of a mean character → 1828 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► WHIFFMAGIG a trifler; an insignificant, contemptible person; a mean, paltry person → 1871
► YARD DOG an unsophisticated, uncouth person; a mean or repellent person→ 1973 US sl. 
► YELDEN ► YELDING a mean, cowardly fellow; a woman of bad character → 1853 Eng. dial.
► ZIPPER POCKETS a mean, grasping person → 1979 US sl.

PHRASES
► HE WOULD SKIN A TURD said of a particularly mean person → L19 Can. sl.
► HE WOULDN’T GIVE YOU DAYLIGHT IN A DARK CORNER said of a person with a reputation for meanness → 1988 Sc. sl.
► HE WOULDN’T PISS ON YOU IF YOU WERE ON FIRE said of an excessively mean-spirited person → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► LITTLE END OF THE HORN looking mean or stingy → 1963 Amer. dial.

VERBS
► BEMEAN to render mean or base; to lower in dignity, to abase → 1651
► DO ONE DIRTY to deceive, to mistreat, to treat meanly, to harm one, to injure, esp. underhandedly or by secret means → 1906 Amer. dial.
► DUMP ON to treat meanly or unfairly → 1964 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► HAVE ONE’S HAND ON ONE’S HALFPENNY to be mean, stingy; to look after one’s own interests → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NICKEL-AND-DIME to treat others meanly and miserly → 1913 US sl.
► SKIN A CAT to be extremely mean or niggardly → 1859
► SKIN A FLEA FOR ITS HIDE to be excessively mean and avaricious → 1868
► SKIN A FLEA FOR ITS HIDE AND TALLOW to go to great lengths to save money; to be avaricious, mean, niggardly, or stingy → 1819 Amer. dial.
► SKIN A FLINT to be extremely mean or niggardly → 1694
► SKIN A GNAT FOR A PENNY to go to great lengths to save money; to be avaricious, mean, or stingy → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SKIN A LOUSE to go to great lengths to save money; to be avaricious, mean, or stingy → 1803 Amer. dial.
► SKIN A LOUSE FOR A CENT to go to great lengths to save money; to be avaricious, mean, or stingy → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SKIN A LOUSE FOR HIS HIDE to go to great lengths to save money; to be avaricious, mean, or stingy → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SKIN A LOUSE FOR HIS HIDE AND TALLOW to go to great lengths to save money; to be avaricious, mean, or stingy → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SKIN A LOUSE FOR TALLOW to go to great lengths to save money; to be avaricious, mean, or stingy → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SUCK EGGS to be mean and irritable → 1906 US sl.
► SURL to b surly or mean → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)