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BWB remembered
"Jerry Wass" wrote in message . .. Robert Moore wrote: "Private" wrote ISTM we are experiencing a decline in respect for others that is accompanying the 'dumbing down' and 'meaning' of society, which when combined with intolerance and ignorance is making us all poorer in life and spirit. You are certainly correct about that. Bob Moore I like that too, I just wish you (or me) could think of a single word to replace "meaning" without the 2nd connotation of "understanding/definition of". I also would like a better or at least less ambiguous word, and am open to suggestions. I was (as I am confident you understood) wishing to use the adjective usage to communicate- http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mean 4 : lacking dignity or honor : base 5 a : penurious, stingy b : characterized by petty selfishness or malice c : causing trouble or bother : vexatious synonyms mean, ignoble, abject, sordid mean being below the normal standards of human decency and dignity. mean suggests having such repellent characteristics as small-mindedness, ill temper, or cupidity mean and petty satire. ignoble suggests a loss or lack of some essential high quality of mind or spirit an ignoble scramble after material possessions. abject may imply degradation, debasement, or servility abject poverty. sordid is stronger than all of these in stressing physical or spiritual degradation and abjectness a sordid story of murder and revenge. http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mean#Adjective_2 mean (comparative meaner, superlative meanest) Positive mean Comparative meaner Superlative meanest 1.. Causing or intending to cause intentional harm; bearing ill will towards another; cruel; malicious. Watch out for her, she's mean. I said good morning to her, and she punched me in the nose. 2.. Miserly; stingy. He's so mean. I've never seen him spend so much as five pounds on presents for his children. 3.. Selfish; acting without consideration of others; unkind. It was mean to steal the girl's piggy bank, but he just had to get uptown and he had no cash of his own. 4.. Low in quality; inferior. [edit] Synonyms a.. (causing or intending to cause intentional harm): cruel, malicious, nasty, spiteful b.. (miserly; stingy): See also Wikisaurus:stingy c.. (acting without consideration of others): selfish, unkind d.. (inferior): cheap, grotty (slang), inferior, low-quality, naff (UK slang), rough and ready, shoddy, tacky (informal) [edit] Derived terms a.. meanie b.. meanness c.. meany |
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