puny (redirected from puniest)

pu·ny  (pyn)

adj. pu·ni·er, pu·ni·est

1. Of inferior size, strength, or significance; weak: a puny physique; puny excuses.

2. Chiefly Southern U.S. Sickly; ill.

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[Variant of puisne.]

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puni·ly adv.

puni·ness n.

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puny [ˈpjuːnɪ]

adj -nier, -niest

1. having a small physique or weakly constitution

2. paltry; insignificant

[from Old French puisne puisne]

punily  adv

puniness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	puny - inferior in strength or significance; "a puny physique"; "puny excuses" weak - wanting in physical strength; "a weak pillar"
	2.	puny - (used especially of persons) of inferior size shrimpy, runty little, small - limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group"

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puny

adjective

1. feeble, weak, frail, little, tiny, weakly, stunted, diminutive, sickly, undeveloped, pint-sized (informal), undersized, underfed, dwarfish, pygmy or pigmy Our Kevin has always been a puny lad.
feeble strong, powerful, healthy, robust, hefty (informal), sturdy, burly, husky (informal), well-developed, well-built, brawny

2. insignificant, minor, petty, inferior, trivial, worthless, trifling, paltry, inconsequential, piddling (informal) the puny resources at our disposal

Translations

puny [ˈpjuːnɪ] ADJ (punier (compar) (puniest (superl))) → enclenque, endeble

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puny [ˈpjuːni] adj

(physically) [person, arms] → chétif/ive

(= derisory) [effort] → dérisoire; [number, amount] → dérisoire

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puny

adj (+er) (= weak) person → schwächlich, mick(e)rig (pej); effort → kläglich; resources → kläglich, winzig

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puny [ˈpjuːnɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (person) → gracile, striminzito/a; (effort) → penoso/a

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puny [ˈpjuːnɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (person) → gracile, striminzito/a; (effort) → penoso/a

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puny

adj puny [ˈpjuːni]

small and weak a puny child. piep klein ضَعيف البُنْيَه، هَزيل слаб drobný, neduživý lille; svag schwächlich μικροσκοπικός, αδύναμος débil, flojo väeti ریز و نحیف hintelä chétif קָטַן וְחַלָש अदना apró kecil dan lemah veiklulegur gracile, debole 虚弱な 왜소한, 연약한 gležnas, menkutis, silpnas sīks; vārgulīgs kecil dan lemah nietig skrøpelig, pyset, svakelig słabowity débil firav тщедушный neduživý šibek slabašan ynklig, liten, klen เล็กและอ่อนแอ çelimsiz, mecalsiz 弱小的 кволий, слабосилий لاغر، کمزور yếu đuối 弱小的

adv punily

piep klein بِضَعْفٍ، بصورةٍ هَزيلَه слабо chatrně svagt schwächlich μικροσκοπικά débilmente, flojamente hädiselt بطور ضعیف heiveröisesti chétivement בְּצוּרָה חַלָשָה अविकसितता से kerdil veiklulega debolmente 虚弱で 연약하게 menkai, silpnai sīki; vārgulīgi kecil dan lemah nietig pyset cherlawo debilmente firav тщедушно chatrne slabotno slabašno ynkligt, klent อย่างเล็กและอ่อนแอ mecalsiz bir şekilde 弱小地 кволо لاغري سے yếu đuối 弱小地

n puniness

kleinheid ضَعْف، هُزال слабост mrňavost skrøbelighed die Schwächlichkeit πάρα πολύ μικρό μέγεθος debilidad, flojeza armetus ریزه گی؛ ضعف heiveröisyys chétivité חוּלשָׁה अविकसितता véznaság; vminek apró volta kekerdilan það að vera veiklulegur gracilità 虚弱 연약함 menkumas, silpnumas vārgulīgums kekecilan dan kelemahan nietigheid skrøpelighet słabowitość debilidade caracter firav тщедушность neduživosť slabotnost slabašnost ynklighet, litenhet, klenhet การมีขนาดเล็กและอ่อนแอ mecalsizlik 弱小 кволість لاغري sự yếu đuối 弱小