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- pronunciation:
- pyu
ni
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
punier, puniest |
| definition: |
exceptionally small, weak, or insignificant.
He'd eaten little while in the hospital, and his arms had become puny.I don't want to hear any more of your puny excuses; just get the job done.She felt puny in her first meeting with all the bigwigs of the company.- synonyms:
- feeble, weak
- antonyms:
- beefy, burly, herculean, husky, mighty, sinewy, strong, sturdy
- similar words:
- delicate, dwarfish, flimsy, fragile, frail, insignificant, paltry, poor, scrub, slight, small, stunted, trivial, underdeveloped, undersized
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| related words: |
diminutive, frugal, little, meager, petty, scanty, scrawny, thin, trifling, weak |
adverb + (adj.)puny
fairly, pretty, rather, relatively
(adj.)puny
+ noun
check, comparison, contribution, creature, existence, human, memory, mortal, muscle, offense, planet, presence, return, screen, size, tree
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| derivation: |
puniness (n.) |
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