PETTY


Meaning of PETTY in English

adjective

1.

Synonyms: little 3, casual, inconsiderable, insignificant, light, minor, shoestring, small-beer, trivial, unimportant

2.

being often contemptibly insignificant or unimportant

petty quarrels and intrigues

Synonyms: inconsequent, inconsequential, inconsiderable, measly, Mickey Mouse, niggling, paltry, peanut, peddling, pettifogging, picayune, picayunish, piddling, piffling, pimping, puny, small, trifling, trivial, unconsequential, unconsidered, ungenerous, unvital; compare little 3

Related Word: negligible, unimportant; hair-drawn, hairsplitting; impertinent, irrelevant

Contrasted words: consequential, considerable; big, gross; significant, vital

Antonyms: important, momentous

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