meanest Definition

mean²
adj meaner, meanest

1. Not generous.

Thesaurus: stingy, miserly, niggardly, rapacious, close-fisted, tight-fisted, greedy, mercenary, selfish, cheese-paring, penny-pinching; Antonym: generous.
2. Low; despicable.

Thesaurus: low, shabby, base, sordid, cruel, unkind, despicable, unscrupulous, petty, mean-spirited, narrow-minded, intolerant.
3. Poor; shabby; characterized by inferior quality.

Thesaurus: base, low, inferior, poor, sorry, debased, humble, ignoble, pitiful, shabby, abject, squalid, tawdry, sordid, wretched; Antonym: noble.
(especially N Amer)
4. colloq
Vicious; malicious; bad-tempered.
5. colloq
Good; skilful.
Example: plays a mean guitar

Derivative: meanly
adverb

Derivative: meanness
noun

Idiom: no mean something

An excellent one.
Example: He's no mean singer

Not an easy one; a very difficult one.
Example: That was no mean feat

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon gemæne low in rank or birth, common.