Paltry

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Lacking in importance or worth. See Synonyms at trivial.
  • adj. Wretched or contemptible.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. trashy, trivial, of little value
  • adj. meager; worthless; pitiful; trifling
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Mean; vile; worthless; despicable; contemptible; pitiful; trifling
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Mean; worthless; despicable: as, a paltry trifle; often in a mitigated sense, of little value of consequence.
  • Synonyms Despicable, Pitiful, etc. (see contemptible), insignificant, petty, miserable, wretched, trifling, trivial.
  • n. A wretched, worthless trifle.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. not worth considering
  • adj. contemptibly small in amount
  • Equivalent
    worthless    stingy    meagre    scrimpy    meagerly    meager   
    Antonym
    generous   
    Variant
    paltrier    paltriest   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    contemptible    mean    vile    worthless    despicable    pitiful    trifling    trivial    scurvy    scald   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    petty    contemptible    trivial    pitiful    sordid    worthless    worldly    ridiculous    abominable    frivolous