Mean vs. Nasty

Mean vs. Nasty — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Mean and Nasty

Meanverb

To intend.

Nastyadjective

Dirty, filthy.

Meanverb

(transitive) To intend, to plan (to do); to have as one's intention.

I didn't mean to knock your tooth out.I mean to go to Baddeck this summer.I meant to take the car in for a smog check, but it slipped my mind.

Nastyadjective

Contemptible, unpleasant (of a person).

Meanverb

(intransitive) To have intentions of a given kind.

Don't be angry; she meant well.

Nastyadjective

Objectionable, unpleasant (of a thing); repellent, offensive.

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Meanverb

To intend (something) for a given purpose or fate; to predestine.

Actually this desk was meant for the subeditor.Man was not meant to question such things.

Nastyadjective

Indecent or offensive; obscene, lewd.

Meanverb

To convey meaning.

Nastyadjective

Spiteful, unkind.

Meanverb

(transitive) To convey (a given sense); to signify, or indicate (an object or idea).

I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean.The sky is red this morning—does that mean we're in for a storm?

Nastyadjective

Awkward, difficult to navigate; dangerous.

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Meanverb

(transitive) Of a word, symbol etc: to have reference to, to signify.

What does this hieroglyph mean?

Nastyadjective

Grave or dangerous (of an accident, illness etc.).

Meanverb

(transitive) To have conviction in (something said or expressed); to be sincere in (what one says).

Does she really mean what she said to him last night?Say what you mean and mean what you say.

Nastyadjective

Formidable, terrific; wicked.

Meanverb

(transitive) To result in; to bring about.

One faltering step means certain death.

Nastynoun

(informal) Something nasty.

Processed foods are full of aspartame and other nasties.This video game involves flying through a maze zapping various nasties.

Meanverb

(transitive) To be important (to).

My home life means a lot to me.

Nastynoun

Sexual intercourse.

Meanverb

To lament.

Nastyadjective

offensive or even (of persons) malicious;

in a nasty mooda nasty accidenta nasty shocka nasty smella nasty trick to pullWill he say nasty things at my funeral?

Meanadjective

(obsolete) Common; general.

Nastyadjective

exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent;

a nasty problema good man to have on your side in a tight situation

Meanadjective

Of a common or low origin, grade, or quality; common; humble.

a man of mean parentage/ a mean abode

Nastyadjective

thoroughly unpleasant;

filthy (or foul or nasty or vile) weather we're having

Meanadjective

Low in quality or degree; inferior; poor; shabby.

a mean appearance/ mean dress

Nastyadjective

characterized by obscenity;

had a filthy mouthfoul languagesmutty jokes

Meanadjective

Without dignity of mind; destitute of honour; low-minded; spiritless; base.

a mean motive

Nastyadjective

disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter;

as filthy as a pigstya foul ponda nasty pigsty of a room

Meanadjective

Of little value or account; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable.

Meanadjective

Ungenerous; stingy, tightfisted; North American English: cheap; formal: niggardly, penurious, miserly.

He's so mean. I've never seen him spend so much as five pounds on presents for his children.

Meanadjective

Disobliging; pettily offensive or unaccommodating; small.

Meanadjective

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.

Meanadjective

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.

Meanadjective

Powerful; fierce; harsh; damaging.

It must have been a mean typhoon that levelled this town.

Meanadjective

Accomplished with great skill; deft; hard to compete with.

Your mother can roll a mean cigarette.He hits a mean backhand.

Meanadjective

Difficult, tricky.

This problem is mean!

Meanadjective

Having the mean (see noun below) as its value.

Meanadjective

(obsolete) Middling; intermediate; moderately good, tolerable.

Meannoun

A method or course of action used to achieve some result.

Meannoun

An intermediate step or intermediate steps.

Meannoun

Something which is intermediate or in the middle; an intermediate value or range of values; a medium.

Meannoun

The middle part of three-part polyphonic music; now specifically, the alto part in polyphonic music; an alto instrument.

Meannoun

(statistics) The average of a set of values, calculated by summing them together and dividing by the number of terms; the arithmetic mean.

Meannoun

(mathematics) Any function of multiple variables that satisfies certain properties and yields a number representative of its arguments; or, the number so yielded; a measure of central tendency.

Meannoun

(mathematics) Either of the two numbers in the middle of a conventionally presented proportion, as 2 and 3 in 1:2=3:6.

Meannoun

an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n

Meanverb

mean or intend to express or convey;

You never understand what I mean!what do his words intend?

Meanverb

have as a logical consequence;

The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers

Meanverb

denote or connote;

`maison' means `house' in FrenchAn example sentence would show what this word means

Meanverb

have in mind as a purpose;

I mean no harmI only meant to help youShe didn't think to harm meWe thought to return early that night

Meanverb

have a specified degree of importance;

My ex-husband means nothing to meHappiness means everything

Meanverb

intend to refer to;

I'm thinking of good food when I talk about FranceYes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!

Meanverb

destine or designate for a certain purpose;

These flowers were meant for you

Meanadjective

approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value;

the average income in New England is below that of the nationof average height for his agethe mean annual rainfall

Meanadjective

characterized by malice;

a hateful thing to doin a mean mood

Meanadjective

having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality;

that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabbletaking a mean advantagechok'd with ambition of the meaner sortsomething essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics

Meanadjective

excellent;

famous for a mean backhand

Meanadjective

marked by poverty befitting a beggar;

a beggarly existence in the slumsa mean hut

Meanadjective

used of persons or behavior; characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity;

a mean personhe left a miserly tip

Meanadjective

used of sums of money; so small in amount as to deserve contempt