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Paltry Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Paltry? [adj] 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" [adj] not worth considering; "he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost"; "piffling efforts"; "a trifling matter" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Paltry: meager \| meagerly \| meagre \| measly \| miserable \| negligible \| trifling \| worthless Related Terms \| Find terms related to Paltry: 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 \| Lenten \| limited \| little \| low \| low-class \| low-down \| low-grade \| low-quality \| low-test \| lumpen \| mangy \| meager \| mean \| measly \| meretricious \| Mickey Mouse \| 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 \| Spartan \| 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 See Also \| Paltry In Webster's Dictionary \Pal"try\, a. [Compar. {Paltrier}; superl. {Paltriest}.] [Cf. Prov. E. paltry refuse, rubbish, LG. paltering 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. The paltry prize is hardly worth the cost. --Byron. Syn: See {Contemptible}.

Paltry Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Paltry?

[adj] 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"
[adj] not worth considering; "he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost"; "piffling efforts"; "a trifling matter"

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Paltry In Webster's Dictionary

\Pal"try\, a. [Compar. {Paltrier}; superl. {Paltriest}.]
[Cf. Prov. E. paltry refuse, rubbish, LG. paltering 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.

      The paltry prize is hardly worth the cost. --Byron.

Syn: See {Contemptible}.

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