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paltry [ˈpɔːltrɪ] adj -trier, -triest
1. insignificant; meagre 2. worthless or petty [from Low Germanic palter, paltrig ragged] paltrily adv paltriness n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
paltry adjective 1. meagre, petty, trivial, trifling, beggarly, derisory, measly, piddling (informal), inconsiderable He was fined the paltry sum of $50. meagre considerable, valuable 2. insignificant, trivial, worthless, unimportant, small, low, base, minor, slight, petty, trifling, Mickey Mouse (slang), piddling (informal), toytown (slang), poxy (slang), nickel-and-dime (U.S. slang), picayune (U.S.), chickenshit (U.S. slang), twopenny-halfpenny (Brit. informal) She had no interest in such paltry concerns. insignificant major, important, grand, significant, essential, consequential Translations paltry [ˈpɔːltrɪ] (paltrier (compar) (paltriest (superl))) ADJ → ínfimo, miserable for a few paltry pennies → por unos miserables peniques for some paltry reason → por alguna nimiedad paltry [ˈpɔːltrɪ] adj (meagre) → irrisorio/a; (unworthy of consideration) → insignificante for a paltry £5 → per la somma irrisoria di 5 sterline paltry [ˈpɔːltrɪ] adj (meagre) → irrisorio/a; (unworthy of consideration) → insignificante for a paltry £5 → per la somma irrisoria di 5 sterline How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Many exquisite viands might be rejected by the epicure, if it was a sufficient cause for his contemning of them as common and vulgar, that something was to be found in the most paltry alleys under the same name. For be a man's intellectual superiority what it will, it can never assume the practical, available supremacy over other men, without the aid of some sort of external arts and entrenchments, always, in themselves, more or less paltry and base. Aye, lighting from the boat to the deck, thus I trample on thee, thou paltry thing that feebly pointest on high; thus I split and destroy thee |
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