meanie
/ˈmiːni/noun
meanie is spelled M-E-A-N-I-E: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,808th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, meanie means “A mean (unkind or miserly) person; a killjoy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of meanie is meanies.
How many letters and syllables are in meanie?
| Letters | 6: M-E-A-N-I-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 54,808th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is meanie?
Meanie appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,808th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce meanie?
- /ˈmiːni/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-meanie.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of meanie
- meanies plural
- meany
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does meanie mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
informalA mean (unkind or miserly) person; a killjoy.
Teacher kept me in after school again. What a meanie!
- 2
informalA villain.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Meanie in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense unkind person:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does meanie come from?
From mean + -ie.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).