Petty Definition & Meaning | Bay Area Crosswords

About The Word Petty

Learn about the word Petty to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Petty definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

Petty

Petty Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Petty? [adj] contemptibly narrow in outlook; "petty little comments"; "disgusted with their small-minded pettiness" [adj] (informal terms) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "Mickey Mouse regulations"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Petty: fiddling \| footling \| lilliputian \| little \| Mickey Mouse \| narrow \| narrow-minded \| niggling \| picayune \| piddling \| piffling \| small-minded \| trivial \| unimportant Related Terms \| Find terms related to Petty: abject \| abominable \| arrant \| atrocious \| authoritarian \| base \| beggarly \| bickering \| bigot \| bigoted \| borne \| captious \| casual \| caviling \| cheap \| cheesy \| choplogic \| close \| closed \| constricted \| contemptible \| cramped \| creedbound \| crummy \| cursory \| deaf \| deaf to reason \| debased \| deficient \| degraded \| depraved \| depthless \| despicable \| dinky \| dirty \| disgusting \| equivocatory \| evasive \| execrable \| fanatical \| few \| flagrant \| footling \| foul \| fulsome \| grave \| gross \| grudging \| hairsplitting \| hedging \| heinous \| hidebound \| illiberal \| imperfect \| impertinent \| inadequate \| incompetent \| inconsequent \| inconsequential \| inconsiderable \| inessential \| inferior \| insignificant \| insufficient \| insular \| irrelevant \| jerkwater \| light \| little \| little-minded \| logic-chopping \| low \| low-down \| lumpen \| maladroit \| mangy \| meager \| mean \| mean-minded \| mean-spirited \| measly \| mediocre \| Mickey Mouse \| mingy \| miniature \| minor \| miserable \| miserly \| monstrous \| narrow \| narrow-hearted \| narrow-minded \| narrow-souled \| narrow-spirited \| nearsighted \| nefarious \| negligible \| niggardly \| niggling \| nit-picking \| no great shakes \| not comparable \| not in it \| nugatory \| obnoxious \| odious \| of no account \| one-horse \| out of it \| paltering \| paltry \| parochial \| parsimonious \| peanut \| peddling \| pettifogging \| picayune \| picayunish \| piddling \| piffling \| pimping \| poky \| poor \| provincial \| punk \| puny \| purblind \| pussyfooting \| quibbling \| rank \| reptilian \| scabby \| scrubby \| scruffy \| scummy \| scurvy \| shabby \| shallow \| shoddy \| shoestring \| short \| shortsighted \| shuffling \| skin-deep \| slight \| small \| small-beer \| small-minded \| small-time \| squalid \| stingy \| straitlaced \| stuffy \| superficial \| tight \| tight-fisted \| tinhorn \| tiny \| trichoschistic \| trifling \| trinal \| trivial \| two-bit \| two-by-four \| twopenny-halfpenny \| uncatholic \| uncharitable \| unchivalrous \| unconsidered \| ungenerous \| unimportant \| unliberal \| unmentionable \| unskillful \| vile \| wretched See Also \| Petty In Webster's Dictionary \Pet"ty\, a. [Compar. {Pettier}; superl. {Pettiest}.] [OE. petit, F. petit; probably of Celtic origin, and akin to E. piece. Cf. {Petit}.] Little; trifling; inconsiderable; also, inferior; subordinate; as, a petty fault; a petty prince. --Denham. Like a petty god I walked about, admired of all. --Milton. {Petty averages}. See under {Average}. {Petty cash}, money expended or received in small items or amounts. {Petty officer}, a subofficer in the navy, as a gunner, etc., corresponding to a noncommissionned officer in the army. Note: For petty constable, petty jury, petty larceny, petty treason, See {Petit}. Syn: Little; diminutive; inconsiderable; inferior; trifling; trivial; unimportant; frivolous.

Petty Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Petty?

[adj] contemptibly narrow in outlook; "petty little comments"; "disgusted with their small-minded pettiness"
[adj] (informal terms) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "Mickey Mouse regulations"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"

See Also |

Petty In Webster's Dictionary

\Pet"ty\, a. [Compar. {Pettier}; superl. {Pettiest}.] [OE.
petit, F. petit; probably of Celtic origin, and akin to E.
piece. Cf. {Petit}.]
Little; trifling; inconsiderable; also, inferior;
subordinate; as, a petty fault; a petty prince. --Denham.

      Like a petty god I walked about, admired of all.
                                               --Milton.

{Petty averages}. See under {Average}.

{Petty cash}, money expended or received in small items or
   amounts.

{Petty officer}, a subofficer in the navy, as a gunner, etc.,
   corresponding to a noncommissionned officer in the army.

Note: For petty constable, petty jury, petty larceny, petty
      treason, See {Petit}.

Syn: Little; diminutive; inconsiderable; inferior; trifling;
     trivial; unimportant; frivolous.

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

Disgustingly ‐ in a disgusting manner or to a disgusting degree; "the beggar…
Epilachna ‐ genus of ladybugs native to Mexico and Central America; both…
Gerbille ‐ small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur…
U-drive ‐ a rented car; "she picked up a hire car at the airport and drove…
Headcheese ‐ sausage or jellied loaf made of chopped parts of the head meat…
Phylloxera ‐ type genus of the Phylloxeridae:…
Golden seal ‐ perennial herb of northeastern United States having a thick knotted…
Bumper jack ‐ a jack for lifting a motor vehicle by…
On base ‐ (baseball) on first or second or third base; "Their second homer…
Take care ‐ be in charge of or deal with; "She takes care of all the necessary…