Gruff vs. Mean

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Gruffadjective

having a rough, surly, and harsh demeanor and nature.

Gruffadjective

hoarse-voiced.

Gruffverb

To speak gruffly.

Gruffadjective

Of a rough or stern manner, voice, or countenance; sour; surly; severe; harsh.

Gruffadjective

brusque and surly and forbidding;

Gruffadjective

deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion;

Meanverb

To intend.

Meanverb

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

Meanverb

(intransitive) To have intentions of a given kind.

Meanverb

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

Meanverb

To convey meaning.

Meanverb

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

Meanverb

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

Meanverb

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

Meanverb

(transitive) To result in; to bring about.

Meanverb

(transitive) To be important (to).

Meanverb

To lament.

Meanadjective

(obsolete) Common; general.

Meanadjective

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

Meanadjective

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

Meanadjective

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

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.

Meanadjective

Disobliging; pettily offensive or unaccommodating; small.

Meanadjective

Selfish; acting without consideration of others; unkind.

Meanadjective

Causing or intending to cause intentional harm; bearing ill will towards another; cruel; malicious.

Meanadjective

Powerful; fierce; harsh; damaging.

Meanadjective

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

Meanadjective

Difficult, tricky.

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.

Meanverb

To have in the mind, as a purpose, intention, etc.; to intend; to purpose; to design; as, what do you mean to do?

Meanverb

To signify; to indicate; to import; to denote.

Meanverb

To have a purpose or intention.

Meanadjective

Destitute of distinction or eminence; common; low; vulgar; humble.

Meanadjective

Wanting dignity of mind; low-minded; base; destitute of honor; spiritless; as, a mean motive.

Meanadjective

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

Meanadjective

Of poor quality; as, mean fare.

Meanadjective

Penurious; stingy; close-fisted; illiberal; as, mean hospitality.

Meanadjective

Occupying a middle position; middle; being about midway between extremes.

Meanadjective

Intermediate in excellence of any kind.

Meanadjective

Average; having an intermediate value between two extremes, or between the several successive values of a variable quantity during one cycle of variation; as, mean distance; mean motion; mean solar day.

Meannoun

That which is mean, or intermediate, between two extremes of place, time, or number; the middle point or place; middle rate or degree; mediocrity; medium; absence of extremes or excess; moderation; measure.

Meannoun

A quantity having an intermediate value between several others, from which it is derived, and of which it expresses the resultant value; usually, unless otherwise specified, it is the simple average, formed by adding the quantities together and dividing by their number, which is called an arithmetical mean. A geometrical mean is the nth root of the product of the n quantities being averaged.

Meannoun

That through which, or by the help of which, an end is attained; something tending to an object desired; intermediate agency or measure; necessary condition or coagent; instrument.

Meannoun

Resources; property, revenue, or the like, considered as the condition of easy livelihood, or an instrumentality at command for effecting any purpose; disposable force or substance.

Meannoun

A part, whether alto or tenor, intermediate between the soprano and base; a middle part.

Meannoun

Meantime; meanwhile.

Meannoun

A mediator; a go-between.

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;

Meanverb

have as a logical consequence;

Meanverb

denote or connote;

Meanverb

have in mind as a purpose;

Meanverb

have a specified degree of importance;

Meanverb

intend to refer to;

Meanverb

destine or designate for a certain purpose;

Meanadjective

approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value;

Meanadjective

characterized by malice;

Meanadjective

having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality;

Meanadjective

excellent;

Meanadjective

marked by poverty befitting a beggar;

Meanadjective

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

Meanadjective

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

Meanverb

intend to convey or refer to (a particular thing); signify

Meanverb

(of a word) have (something) as its signification in the same language or its equivalent in another language

Meanverb

genuinely intend to express (something)

Meanverb

be of a specified degree of importance to (someone)

Meanverb

intend (something) to occur or be the case

Meanverb

be supposed to do something

Meanverb

design or destine for a particular purpose

Meanverb

have something as a motive or explanation in saying or doing

Meanverb

be generally considered to be

Meanverb

have as a consequence or result

Meanverb

necessarily or usually entail or involve

Meanadjective

unwilling to give or share things, especially money; not generous

Meanadjective

unkind, spiteful, or unfair

Meanadjective

vicious or aggressive in behaviour

Meanadjective

(especially of a place) poor in quality and appearance; shabby

Meanadjective

(of a person's mental capacity or understanding) inferior

Meanadjective

of low birth or social class

Meanadjective

very skilful or effective; excellent

Meanadjective

(of a quantity) calculated as a mean; average

Meanadjective

equally far from two extremes

Meannoun

the value obtained by dividing the sum of several quantities by their number; an average

Meannoun

a condition, quality, or course of action equally removed from two opposite extremes

Mean

There are several kinds of mean in mathematics, especially in statistics: For a data set, the arithmetic mean, also known as average or arithmetic average, is a central value of a finite set of numbers: specifically, the sum of the values divided by the number of values. The arithmetic mean of a set of numbers x1, x2, ..., xn is typically denoted by x ¯ {\displaystyle {\bar {x}}} .

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