different between shameful vs paltry
shameful
English
Etymology
From Middle English schameful, schamfull, from Old English *s?eamfull, s?eomfull, equivalent to shame +? -ful. Cognate with Danish skamfuld (“shameful, shamefast, ashamed”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??e?mf?l/
Adjective
shameful (comparative more shameful, superlative most shameful)
- Causing or meriting shame or disgrace; disgraceful
- 2009 February 19, Gareth Lewis, Southern Daily Echo:
- "They have turned a great old English institution into a shameful clip-joint. It's a shuddering, howling tragedy."
- 2009 February 19, Gareth Lewis, Southern Daily Echo:
- Giving offense.
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:despicable
Derived terms
- shamefully
- shamefulness
Translations
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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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