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单词 piffling
释义

piffling

adjective

pif·​fling ˈpi-flən How to pronounce piffling (audio)
-f(ə-)liŋ
: of little worth or importance : trivial

Synonyms

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

from his perspective as a billionaire, what the governor got paid was a piffling amount

Word History

First Known Use

1864, in the meaning defined above

piffling 1 of 2

adjective

as in nominal
so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention from his perspective as a billionaire, what the governor got paid was a piffling amount

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2 of 2

verb

present participle of piffle
as in blundering

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • blundering
  • boggling
  • bungling
  • muddling
  • bumbling
  • blighting
  • botching
  • damaging
  • murdering
  • fumbling
  • mangling
  • bobbling
  • foozling
  • butchering
  • fluffing
  • flubbing
  • muffing
  • impairing
  • flawing
  • mucking up
  • harming
  • vitiating
  • mutilating
  • wrecking
  • blowing
  • ruining
  • booting
  • spoiling
  • gumming (up)
  • screwing up
  • dubbing
  • blemishing
  • bollixing (up)
  • lousing up
  • buggering (up)
  • fouling up
  • injuring
  • destroying
  • marring
  • hurting
  • goofing (up)
  • mismanaging
  • messing (up)
  • mishandling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • improving
  • ameliorating
  • remedying
  • enhancing
  • rectifying
  • reforming
  • refining
  • helping
  • bettering
  • fixing
  • meliorating
  • repairing
  • patching
  • revamping
  • doctoring
  • reconditioning
  • renovating
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