Am I missing something? I know a lot of mean people I'd like to make good, so I demean them. Or at least I try but for some reason it always makes them more mean.
Root word: Mean
Prefix De: privation, removal, separation - ( dehumidify), negation ( demerit; derange), descent ( degrade; deduce), reversal ( detract), intensity ( decompound).
Maybe I'm just demeanted.