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单词 piddling
释义

piddling

adjective

pid·​dling ˈpid-lən How to pronounce piddling (audio)
-liŋ;
ˈpi-dᵊl-ən,
-iŋ
: trivial, paltry

Synonyms

  • chicken
  • de minimis
  • footling
  • inconsequential
  • inconsiderable
  • insignificant
  • measly
  • Mickey Mouse
  • minute
  • negligible
  • niggling
  • no-account
  • nominal
  • paltry
  • peanut
  • petty
  • picayune
  • piddly
  • piffling
  • pimping
  • slight
  • trifling
  • trivial
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Example Sentences

He was paid a piddling amount of money. raised one final, piddling objection to the plan
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Word History

First Known Use

1559, in the meaning defined above

piddling 1 of 2

adjective

as in nominal
so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention raised one final, piddling objection to the plan

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • nominal
  • slight
  • piffling
  • tiny
  • petty
  • measly
  • trifling
  • piddly
  • trivial
  • insignificant
  • footling
  • picayune
  • paltry
  • niggling
  • inconsequential
  • negligible
  • inconsiderable
  • pimping
  • minute
  • peanut
  • chicken
  • de minimis
  • no-account
  • puny
  • little
  • Mickey Mouse
  • quibbling
  • imperceptible
  • inappreciable
  • pettifogging
  • nitpicking
  • hairsplitting
  • inferior
  • mean
  • small-fry
  • two-bit
  • one-horse

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • considerable
  • significant
  • substantial
  • big
  • important
  • serious
  • material
  • consequential
  • momentous
  • remarkable
  • outstanding
  • weighty
  • noteworthy
  • striking
  • pivotal
  • measurable
  • appreciable
  • conspicuous
  • prominent
  • discernible
  • eventful
  • discernable
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piddling

2 of 2

verb

present participle of piddle
as in trifling

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • trifling
  • messing
  • mucking
  • monkeying
  • footling
  • dawdling
  • idling
  • loafing
  • fooling
  • lazing
  • bumming
  • lounging
  • playing
  • dillydallying
  • droning
  • dozing
  • lingering
  • lolling
  • dallying
  • hibernating
  • lagging
  • chilling
  • estivating
  • loitering
  • lazying
  • kicking back
  • hanging about
  • strolling
  • sauntering
  • fiddling (around)
  • resting
  • swanning
  • moseying
  • ambling
  • vegging out
  • poking
  • puttering (around)
  • pottering (around)
  • goldbricking
  • aestivating
  • relaxing
  • kicking around
  • goofing (off)
  • hacking (around)
  • tarrying
  • hanging (around or out)
  • malingering
  • truanting
  • furloughing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • toiling
  • laboring
  • grubbing
  • working
  • grinding
  • plodding
  • sweating
  • slaving
  • plowing
  • plugging
  • humping
  • hustling
  • pegging
  • drudging
  • applying
  • moiling
  • exerting
  • buckling (down)
  • travailing
  • putting out
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