- petty-minded
- adjectivesee academic.ru/68188/small-minded">small-minded* * *pet·ty-ˈmind·edadj (pej) kleinkariert pej fam* * *petty-minded adj (adv petty-mindedly) → petty 2* * *adjectivesee small-minded
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petty-minded — … Useful english dictionary
petty — [[t]pe̱ti[/t]] pettier, pettiest 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n (disapproval) You can use petty to describe things such as problems, rules, or arguments which you think are unimportant or relate to unimportant things. He was miserable all the time and… … English dictionary
petty — late 14c., small, from O.Fr. petit small (see PETIT (Cf. petit)). In English, not originally disparaging (Cf. petty cash, 1834; petty officer, 1570s). Meaning of small importance is recorded from 1520s; that of small minded is from 1580s. An old… … Etymology dictionary
petty — [adj] trivial, insignificant base, casual, cheap, contemptible, frivolous, inconsequent, inconsiderable, inessential, inferior, irrelevant, junior, lesser, light, little, lower, measly, minor, narrow minded, negligible, nickel and dime*,… … New thesaurus
petty — ► ADJECTIVE (pettier, pettiest) 1) trivial. 2) mean; small minded. 3) minor. 4) Law (of a crime) of lesser importance. Compare with GRAND(Cf. ↑grandness). DERIVATIVES … English terms dictionary
petty — [pet′ē] adj. pettier, pettiest [ME pety < OFr petit < * pit , little < baby talk] 1. relatively worthless or unimportant; trivial; insignificant 2. small scale; minor 3. a) having or showing a tendency to make much of small matters b) … English World dictionary
petty — adjective a) insignificant, trifling, or inconsiderable Like a petty god I walked about, admired of all. (Milton, Samson Agonistes, 1671) b) narrow minded, small minded … Wiktionary
petty — adj. (pettier, pettiest) 1 unimportant; trivial. 2 mean, small minded; contemptible. 3 minor; inferior; on a small scale (petty princes). 4 Law (of a crime) of lesser importance (petty sessions) (cf. COMMON, GRAND). Phrases and idioms: petty… … Useful english dictionary
petty — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. trivial, unimportant, small, mean, trifling; contemptible, spiteful. See unimportance. Ant., serious, major, important. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Trivial] Syn. small, insignificant, frivolous; see… … English dictionary for students
petty — adj 1. trivial, paltry, Archaic. pelting, Brit. potty, puny, picayune, niggling, minor; trifling, piddling, fiddling, frivolous, fribble; inconsequential, unimportant, insignificant, inconsiderable, negligible, nugatory, worthless, useless; inane … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
petty — Synonyms and related words: Mickey Mouse, abject, abominable, arrant, atrocious, authoritarian, base, beggarly, bickering, bigot, bigoted, borne, captious, casual, caviling, cheap, cheesy, choplogic, close, closed, constricted, contemptible,… … Moby Thesaurus
