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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Paltry (0.00944 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to Paltry.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: paltry
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: paltry
paltry
adj 1: not worth considering;
“he considered the prize too paltry
for the lives it must cost”;
“piffling efforts”;
“a
trifling matter” [syn:
negligible,
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” [syn:
measly,
miserable]
[also:
paltriest,
paltrier]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: paltry
paltry
\pal"try\ (p[add]l"tr[y^]), a. [Compar.
Paltrier
(p[add]l"tr[i^]*[~e]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]
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