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paltry
English
Alternative forms
- (obsolete) paultry, paultrie, palterey
Etymology
From Middle Low German paltrig (“ragged, rubbishy, worthless”), from palter, palte (“cloth, rag, shred”), from Old Saxon *paltro, *palto (“cloth, rag”), from Proto-Germanic *paltrô, *paltô (“scrap, rag, patch”). Cognate with Low German palterig (“ragged, torn”), dialectal German palterig (“paltry”). Compare also Low German palte (“rag”), West Frisian palt (“rag”), Saterland Frisian Palte (“strip; band; tape”), dialectal German Palter (“rag”), Danish pjalt (“rag, tatter”), Swedish palta (“rag”). See also palterly.
Pronunciation
- (Canada) IPA(key): /?p?lt?i/
- (UK) IPA(key): /?p?lt?i/, /?p??lt?i/
- (US) IPA(key): /?p?lt?i/, /?p?lt?i/
Adjective
paltry (comparative paltrier, superlative paltriest)
- Trashy, trivial, of little value.
- Synonyms: insignificant, unimportant, petty, trivial
- Of little monetary worth.
- Synonyms: meager, worthless, pitiful, trifling
- Despicable
- A paltry coward.
Usage notes
- Nouns to which "paltry" is often applied: sum, rate, amount, number, price, salary, wages, fellow, pay, excuse, income, gain, compensation.
Derived terms
- paltriness
Translations
Anagrams
- partly, raptly
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disgusting
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /d?s?k?st??/, /d?s???st??/
- (Northern England) IPA(key): /d?s???st??/
- Hyphenation: dis?gust?ing
Adjective
disgusting (comparative disgustinger or more disgusting, superlative disgustingest or most disgusting)
- Causing disgust; repulsive; distasteful.
- Synonyms: distasteful, gro, grody, grotty, repulsive; see also Thesaurus:unpleasant
- 1975 December 10, P.J. Bednarski, "Tis the season to be risque in TV spots" in The Dayton Journal Herald
- But it is much more sensible and much more fun and much more disgusting to assume that the English Leather woman is really saying "All my men wear English leather or nothing at all.".
Translations
Verb
disgusting
- present participle of disgust
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