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Definition of meanness : 1. A mean act; as, to be guilty of meanness.
2. The condition, or quality, of being mean; want of excellence; poorness; lowness; baseness; sordidness; stinginess.

Synonyms:

niggardness, despitefulness, density, covetousness, concentration, nearness, stringency, cupidity, venomousness, rapacity, avarice, generosity, degeneracy, infamy, greed, beastliness, secretiveness, tightfistedness, constriction, quarreling, scolding, sneaking, poisonousness, penny-pinching, nobility, closeness, familiarity, compactness, spite, malignity, baseness, degradation, attitude, stealing, cheating, iniquity, corruptness, intimacy, disrepute, groveling, degrading, minginess, stuffiness, denseness, tautness, grasping, ill will, niggardliness, parsimoniousness, churlishness, debasement

foulness, venom, bane, hurtfulness, hatred, sinisterness, evil, bitterness, nastiness, animosity, maliciousness, ill nature, malice, antagonism, wickedness, viciousness, malignancy, virulence, malevolence, corrosiveness, cattiness, spitefulness, hatefulness

crossness, cynicism, moodiness, fretfulness, dourness, glumness, contrariness, grouchiness, grumpiness, petulance, unfriendliness, hostility, dejection, obstinacy, irascibility, gloominess, sullenness, darkness, long-facedness, moroseness, sourness, sulkiness, surliness, melancholy, cantankerousness, grimness, crabbiness

meagerness, pettiness, abstemiousness, tightness, parsimony, frugality, austerity, thrift, miserliness, stinginess

Usage examples:

• If there is one thing a Christian soul recoils from, it is meanness- of action, of thought, of judgment. - "Warlock o' Glenwarlock", George MacDonald.
• Think of the dreadful meanness and baseness of what you will have to acknowledge. - "The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith", George Meredith.
• The habits of tyranny, meanness, and falsehood, which children acquire from living with bad servants, are scarcely ever conquered in the whole course of their future lives. - "The Parent's Assistant", Maria Edgeworth.