All mean synonyms

adjective mean

• mingy — mean and stingy; niggardly.
• penurious — extremely stingy; parsimonious; miserly.
• rapacious — given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed.
• scrimpy — scanty; meager; barely adequate.
• tight — firmly or closely fixed in place; not easily moved; secure: a tight knot.
• tight-fisted — parsimonious; stingy; tight.
• nasty — physically filthy; disgustingly unclean: a nasty pigsty of a room.
• unkind — lacking in kindness or mercy; severe.
• cruel — Someone who is cruel deliberately causes pain or distress to people or animals.
• callous — A callous person or action is very cruel and shows no concern for other people or their feelings.
• uncaring — a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern: He was never free from care.
• malicious — full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip.
• despicable — If you say that a person or action is despicable, you are emphasizing that they are extremely nasty, cruel, or evil.
• unpleasant — not pleasant; displeasing; disagreeable; offensive: an unpleasant taste; an unpleasant situation; an unpleasant manner.
• shameful — causing shame: shameful behavior.
• hostile — of, relating to, or characteristic of an enemy: a hostile nation.
• rude — discourteous or impolite, especially in a deliberate way: a rude reply.
• dangerous — If something is dangerous, it is able or likely to hurt or harm you.
• dirty — soiled with dirt; foul; unclean: dirty laundry.
• evil — Profoundly immoral and malevolent.
• hard — not soft; solid and firm to the touch; unyielding to pressure and impenetrable or almost impenetrable.
• rough — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
• ugly — very unattractive or unpleasant to look at; offensive to the sense of beauty; displeasing in appearance.
• vicious — addicted to or characterized by vice; grossly immoral; depraved; profligate: a vicious life.
• vile — wretchedly bad: a vile humor.
• down — from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
• malign — to speak harmful untruths about; speak evil of; slander; defame: to malign an honorable man.
• sinking — to displace part of the volume of a supporting substance or object and become totally or partially submerged or enveloped; fall or descend into or below the surface or to the bottom (often followed by in or into): The battleship sank within two hours. His foot sank in the mud. Her head sinks into the pillows.
• sour — having an acid taste, resembling that of vinegar, lemon juice, etc.; tart.
• touch — to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously.
• bad-tempered — Someone who is bad-tempered is not very cheerful and gets angry easily.
• cantankerous — Someone who is cantankerous is always finding things to argue or complain about.
• churlish — Someone who is churlish is unfriendly, bad-tempered, or impolite.
• contemptible — If you feel that someone or something is contemptible, you feel strong dislike and disrespect for them.
• difficult — not easily or readily done; requiring much labor, skill, or planning to be performed successfully; hard: a difficult job.
• disagreeable — contrary to one's taste or liking; unpleasant; offensive; repugnant.
• dishonourable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
• dishonorable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
• formidable — causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.
• hard-nosed — hardheaded or tough; unsentimentally practical: a hard-nosed labor leader.
• ignoble — of low character, aims, etc.; mean; base: his ignoble purposes.
• ill-tempered — bad or irritable disposition.
• infamous — having an extremely bad reputation: an infamous city.
• knavish — like or befitting a knave; untrustworthy; dishonest.
• liverish — resembling liver, especially in color.
• lousy — infested with lice.
• perfidious — deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.
• pesky — annoyingly troublesome; pesty: bothered by a pesky fly.
• rotten — decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
• rugged — having a roughly broken, rocky, hilly, or jagged surface: rugged ground.