What is another word for measly?
478 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ mˈiːzli], [ mˈiːzli], [ m_ˈiː_z_l_i]
Measly is a word that is synonymous with inferior, inadequate, paltry, and trivial. When used to describe a situation, it implies that it is unworthy of consideration or attention. Other synonyms for measly include pathetic, negligible, puny, meager, and pitiful. These words indicate that something is not enough, or that it falls well short of expectations. Alternatively, words like insufficient, scanty, or limited suggest that something is lacking in quantity or quantity. No matter which synonym is used, it is clear that the thing being described is not substantial, significant, or worthy of praise, and falls short of what is expected or deserved.
Synonyms for Measly:
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adj.
• humble • stunted • unimportant- Flyspeck ,
- banal ,
- fiddling ,
- frivolous ,
- insignificant ,
- insipid ,
- irrelevant ,
- minute ,
- one-horse ,
- piddling ,
- trifling ,
- trite ,
- trivial ,
- unimportant ,
- worthless .
- entrylevel ,
- in adequate ,
- in appreciable ,
- in consequent ,
- in-adequate ,
- in-appreciable ,
- in-consequent ,
- in-sufficient ,
- more entry level ,
- more entry-level ,
- more entrylevel ,
- more shoestring ,
- most entry level ,
- most entry-level ,
- most entrylevel ,
- most shoestring ,
- runter ,
- runtest ,
- twobit ,
- un considered ,
- un-considered ,
- wimpier ,
- wimpiest .
- in effectual ,
- in-effectual ,
- low down ,
- more derisory ,
- more low down ,
- more low-down ,
- more lowdown ,
- more unconsequential ,
- most derisory ,
- most low down ,
- most low-down ,
- most lowdown ,
- most unconsequential ,
- un consequential ,
- un-consequential .
- in essential ,
- in-essential ,
- more nickel and dime ,
- more nickel-and-dime ,
- more peanut ,
- more penny ante ,
- more penny-ante ,
- more pennyante ,
- more pettifogging ,
- most junior ,
- most nickel and dime ,
- most nickel-and-dime ,
- most peanut ,
- most penny ante ,
- most penny-ante ,
- most pennyante ,
- most pettifogging ,
- narrow minded ,
- narrowminded ,
- nickel and dime ,
- pennyante ,
- scratchest ,
- small minded ,
- smallminded ,
- sub ordinate ,
- sub-ordinate .
- diddlier ,
- diddliest ,
- in substantial ,
- in-substantial ,
- more rinky dink ,
- more rinky-dink ,
- more rinkydink ,
- most rinky dink ,
- most rinky-dink ,
- most rinkydink ,
- rinky dink ,
- rinky-dink ,
- scrimpier ,
- scrimpiest ,
- un productive ,
- un-productive .
- half pint ,
- halfpint ,
- in firmer ,
- in firmest ,
- in-firmer ,
- in-firmest ,
- more half pint ,
- more half-pint ,
- more halfpint ,
- more nothing ,
- more peewee ,
- more pint sized ,
- more pint-sized ,
- more small fry ,
- more small-fry ,
- more smallfry ,
- more zero ,
- most half pint ,
- most half-pint ,
- most halfpint ,
- most nothing ,
- most peewee ,
- most pint sized ,
- most pint-sized ,
- most small fry ,
- most small-fry ,
- most smallfry ,
- most zero ,
- pint sized ,
- shrimpest ,
- smallfry ,
- un sound ,
- un sounder ,
- un substantial ,
- un-developed ,
- un-sound ,
- un-sounder ,
- un-soundest ,
- un-substantial ,
- under sized ,
- zilcher ,
- zilchest .
Other synonyms:
- derisory ,
- exiguous ,
- in short/limited supply ,
- inadequate ,
- insufficient ,
- not go far ,
- puny ,
- scant ,
- scanty ,
- skimpy ,
- spare ,
- sparse ,
- stingy .
- small .
- thin .
Other relevant words:
- Chlorotic ,
- Direly ,
- Haplessly ,
- Lousily ,
- Mean-spirited ,
- Non-essential ,
- Phthisic ,
- Picayunish ,
- Pimping ,
- Pleuritic ,
- Pocky ,
- Podagric ,
- Syntectic ,
- Tabetic ,
- Tabid ,
- Tumorous ,
- Variolar ,
- abject ,
- abjectly ,
- abominable ,
- absurdly ,
- allergic ,
- anaemic ,
- anemic ,
- apoplectic ,
- appallingly ,
- arrant ,
- arthritic ,
- atrocious ,
- awfully ,
- baddie ,
- badly ,
- bare ,
- barely adequate ,
- barely sufficient ,
- base ,
- beggarly ,
- bilious ,
- blackguard ,
- cad ,
- cancerous ,
- carcinogenic ,
- cheap ,
- cheesy ,
- chicken ,
- choleric ,
- churl ,
- close ,
- close-fisted ,
- colicky ,
- consumptive ,
- contemptible ,
- crappy ,
- crook ,
- crummy ,
- curtly ,
- debased ,
- degraded ,
- deplorable ,
- depraved ,
- despicable ,
- diabetic ,
- dinky ,
- dirty ,
- disgracefully ,
- disgusting ,
- distressingly ,
- dropsical ,
- dyspeptic ,
- edematous ,
- encephalitic ,
- enormous ,
- epileptic ,
- execrable ,
- feeble ,
- feebly ,
- first ,
- flagrant ,
- forlornly ,
- foul ,
- fulsome ,
- futilely ,
- grave ,
- grievously ,
- gross ,
- grudging ,
- halfheartedly ,
- hapless ,
- heinous ,
- humble ,
- hypertensive ,
- ignominiously ,
- inadequately ,
- incompetently ,
- inconsequent ,
- ineffectively ,
- ineffectually ,
- inessential ,
- inferior ,
- jerkwater ,
- knave ,
- leprous ,
- limited ,
- little ,
- low ,
- low-down ,
- lowly ,
- ludicrously ,
- luetic ,
- lumpen ,
- malarial ,
- malignant ,
- mangy ,
- meager ,
- meagerly ,
- meagre ,
- mean ,
- meanly ,
- mercenary ,
- mingy ,
- minimal ,
- minor ,
- miser ,
- miserable ,
- miserably ,
- miserly ,
- misfortunate ,
- modest ,
- money-grubbing ,
- monstrous ,
- nastily ,
- near ,
- nefarious ,
- negligible ,
- nephritic ,
- neuralgic ,
- neuritic ,
- niggardly ,
- no big deal ,
- no great shakes ,
- obnoxious ,
- odious ,
- of no account ,
- palsied ,
- paltry ,
- paralytic ,
- parsimonious ,
- pathetic ,
- pathetically ,
- peanut ,
- peddling ,
- penny-pinching ,
- penurious ,
- pettifogging ,
- piddly ,
- piffling ,
- pindling ,
- piteous ,
- piteously ,
- pitiable ,
- pitiful ,
- pitifully ,
- pneumonic ,
- pokey ,
- poky ,
- poor ,
- poorly ,
- preposterously ,
- presently ,
- punk ,
- rachitic ,
- rank ,
- rapscallion ,
- rascal ,
- reptilian ,
- restricted ,
- rheumatic ,
- rickety ,
- ridiculously ,
- rogue ,
- ruefully ,
- ruffian ,
- sadly ,
- scabby ,
- scarce ,
- scorbutic ,
- scoundrel ,
- scrimpy ,
- scrofulous ,
- scrubby ,
- scruffy ,
- scummy ,
- scurvy ,
- selfish ,
- severely ,
- shabby ,
- shamefully ,
- shoddy ,
- shortly ,
- silly ,
- slight ,
- small beer ,
- small-scale ,
- small-time ,
- snide ,
- sordid ,
- sorry ,
- squalid ,
- stinting ,
- suffering ,
- syphilitic ,
- tight ,
- tight-fisted ,
- tinhorn ,
- traumatic ,
- tubercular ,
- tuberculous ,
- tumorigenic ,
- two-bit ,
- two-by-four ,
- twopenny-halfpenny ,
- unaccommodating ,
- uncharitable ,
- unconvincingly ,
- unfortunately ,
- ungenerous ,
- unhappily ,
- unluckily ,
- unmentionable ,
- unpretentious ,
- unsatisfactorily ,
- unsatisfactory ,
- valueless ,
- varlet ,
- vile ,
- villain ,
- weakly ,
- woeful ,
- woefully ,
- worthlessly ,
- wretch ,
- wretched ,
- wretchedly .
- Unconsequential ,
- big zero ,
- entry-level ,
- half-pint ,
- in firm ,
- inconsequential ,
- lowdown ,
- nickel-and-dime ,
- no biggie ,
- peewee ,
- penny ante ,
- penny-ante ,
- pint-sized ,
- rinkydink ,
- scratcher ,
- shoestring ,
- shrimp ,
- shrimper ,
- small time ,
- small-fry ,
- stunted ,
- too little too late ,
- under-sized ,
- wimpy .
- below ,
- certain ,
- count ,
- down ,
- drabs ,
- few ,
- flicker ,
- fractional ,
- incremental ,
- laryngitic ,
- less ,
- mild ,
- narrow ,
- one ,
- outside ,
- remote ,
- slender ,
- small-beer ,
- so ,
- some ,
- speak ,
- strength ,
- suggestion ,
- thinly ,
- under .
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How to use "Measly" in context?
It seems that the epithet "measly" is often leveled at things or people that are deemed to be inadequate or unimpressive. But is this really an accurate description? After all, isn't it possible to be measly without being meager? The word has certainly acquired pejorative connotations in recent years, but is it really a descriptive word or merely a rude one? Let's take a closer look.
First and foremost, the word "measly" is subjective. What one person might deem as meager might not even be called that by someone else.
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