Dictionary    Maps    Thesaurus    Translate    Advanced >   


Tip: Click a synonym from the results below to see its synonyms.

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Lenten, Mickey Mouse, Spartan, abject, abominable, abstemious, arrant, ascetic, atrocious, austere, base, beggarly, beneath contempt, borne, cheap, cheesy, coarse, common, contemptible, crummy, debased, degraded, depraved, despicable, dirty, disgusting, dwarfed, dwarfish, execrable, exiguous, flagrant, foul, fourth-class, frugal, fulsome, gaudy, gimcracky, grave, gross, heinous, illiberal, impoverished, inconsequential, inconsiderable, ineffectual, inferior, insignificant, irregular, jejune, lean, limited, little, low, low-class, low-down, low-grade, low-quality, low-test, lumpen, mangy, meager, mean, measly, meretricious, mingy, miserable, miserly, monstrous, narrow, nefarious, niggardly, obnoxious, odious, parsimonious, pathetic, petty, picayune, piddling, pitiable, pitiful, poky, poor, punk, puny, rank, reptilian, rubbishy, sad, scabby, scant, scanty, scrawny, scrimp, scrimpy, scrubby, scruffy, scummy, scurvy, scuzzy, second-best, second-class, seedy, set, shabby, shoddy, skimp, skimpy, sleazy, slender, slight, slim, small, sorry, spare, sparing, squalid, starvation, stingy, stinted, straitened, stunted, subsistence, tacky, tatty, thin, third-class, third-rate, tinny, trashy, trifling, trivial, trumpery, two-for-a-cent, two-for-a-penny, twopenny, twopenny-halfpenny, unchivalrous, ungenerous, unimportant, unmentionable, unnourishing, unnutritious, valueless, vile, watered, watery, worthless, wretched
Dictionary Results for paltry:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
paltry
    adj 1: not worth considering; "he considered the prize too
           paltry for the lives it must cost"; "piffling efforts";
           "a trifling matter" [syn: negligible, paltry,
           trifling]
    2: contemptibly small in amount; "a measly tip"; "the company
       donated a miserable $100 for flood relief"; "a paltry wage";
       "almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans" [syn:
       measly, miserable, paltry]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
paltry \pal"try\ (p[add]l"tr[y^]), a. [Compar. Paltrier
   (p[add]l"tr[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Paltriest.] [Cf. Prov. E.
   paltry refuse, rubbish, LG. palterig ragged, palte, palter, a
   rag, a tatter, Dan. pialt, Sw. palta, pl. paltor.]
   Mean; vile; worthless; despicable; contemptible; pitiful;
   trifling; as, a paltry excuse; paltry gold. --Cowper.
   [1913 Webster]

         The paltry prize is hardly worth the cost. --Byron.
   [1913 Webster]

   Syn: See Contemptible.
        [1913 Webster]

Common Misspellings >
Most Popular Searches: Define Misanthrope, Define Pulchritudinous, Define Happy, Define Veracity, Define Cornucopia, Define Almuerzo, Define Atresic, Define URL, Definitions Of Words, Definition Of Get Up, Definition Of Quid Pro Quo, Definition Of Irreconcilable Differences, Definition Of Word, Synonyms of Repetitive, Synonym Dictionary, Synonym Antonyms. See our main index and map index for more details.

©2011-2024 ZebraWords.com - Define Yourself - The Search for Meanings and Meaning Means I Mean. All content subject to terms and conditions as set out here. Contact Us, peruse our Privacy Policy