paltry 音标拼音: [p'ɔltri]
a . 不足取的,琐碎的
不足取的,琐碎的
paltry adj 1 :
not worth considering ; "
he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost "; "
piffling efforts ";
"
a trifling matter " [
synonym : {
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 " [
synonym :
{
measly }, {
miserable }, {
paltry }]
paltry \
pal "
try \ (
p [
add ]
l "
tr [
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a . [
Compar . {
Paltrier }
(
p [
add ]
l "
tr [
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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 ]
148 Moby Thesaurus words for "
paltry ":
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
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