paltry English

Meaning paltry meaning

What does paltry mean?

paltry

— adjective (= trifling) not worth considering he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost piffling efforts a trifling matter

— adjective (= measly, miserable) 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

Synonyms paltry synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as paltry?

paltry English » English

trivial

trifling

petty

insignificant

worthless

negligible

little

unimportant

slight

piddling

miserable

minor

small

poor

niggling

measly

inconsiderable

inadequate

uninfluential

unimpressive

unimposing

tiny

small-time

potty

pitiful

peddling

nugatory

nickel-and-dime

inconsequential

immaterial

despicable

contemptible

wretched

wicked

vile

venial

unsatisfying

ungenerous

unessential

two-penny

two-by-four

trashy

thin

subfusc

stinted

spoiled

sparse

sorry

so-and-so

slender

Topics paltry topics

What do people use paltry to talk about?

States Quantity Plural

Few, little

• What words refer to a small amount of money?
  next to nothing nominal a drop in the ocean paltry miserly a pittance peanuts