| slovo | definícia |
paltry
(encz) | paltry,mizerný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
paltry
(encz) | paltry,nicotný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
paltry
(gcide) | paltry \pal"try\ (p[add]l"tr[y^]), a. [Compar. Paltrier
(p[add]l"tr[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Paltriest.] [Cf. Prov. E.
paltry refuse, rubbish, LG. palterig ragged, palte, palter, a
rag, a tatter, Dan. pialt, Sw. palta, pl. paltor.]
Mean; vile; worthless; despicable; contemptible; pitiful;
trifling; as, a paltry excuse; paltry gold. --Cowper.
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The paltry prize is hardly worth the cost. --Byron.
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Syn: See Contemptible.
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paltry
(wn) | paltry
adj 1: not worth considering; "he considered the prize too
paltry for the lives it must cost"; "piffling efforts";
"a trifling matter" [syn: negligible, paltry,
trifling]
2: contemptibly small in amount; "a measly tip"; "the company
donated a miserable $100 for flood relief"; "a paltry wage";
"almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans" [syn:
measly, miserable, paltry] |
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a paltry sum
(encz) | a paltry sum,malé peníze Zdeněk Brož |
paltry
(encz) | paltry,mizerný adj: Zdeněk Brožpaltry,nicotný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
measly miserable paltry
(gcide) | Meager \Mea"ger\, Meagre \Mea"gre\, a. [OE. merge, F. maigre, L.
macer; akin to D. & G. mager, Icel. magr, and prob. to Gr.
makro`s long. Cf. Emaciate, Maigre.]
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1. Destitue of, or having little, flesh; lean.
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Meager were his looks;
Sharp misery had worn him to the bones. --Shak.
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2. Destitute of richness, fertility, strength, or the like;
defective in quantity, or poor in quality; poor; barren;
scanty in ideas; wanting strength of diction or affluence
of imagery; as, meager resources; meager fare. Opposite of
ample. [WordNet sense 1] [Narrower terms: exiguous]
[Narrower terms: hardscrabble, marginal] [Narrower
terms: measly, miserable, paltry] "Meager soil."
--Dryden.
Syn: meagre, meagerly, scanty.
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Of secular habits and meager religious belief.
--I. Taylor.
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His education had been but meager. --Motley.
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3. (Min.) Dry and harsh to the touch, as chalk.
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4. less than a desirable amount; -- of items distributed from
a larger supply. [WordNet sense 2]
Syn: scrimpy, skimpy, skimping.
[WordNet 1.5]
Syn: Thin; lean; lank; gaunt; starved; hungry; poor;
emaciated; scanty; barren.
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paltry
(gcide) | paltry \pal"try\ (p[add]l"tr[y^]), a. [Compar. Paltrier
(p[add]l"tr[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Paltriest.] [Cf. Prov. E.
paltry refuse, rubbish, LG. palterig ragged, palte, palter, a
rag, a tatter, Dan. pialt, Sw. palta, pl. paltor.]
Mean; vile; worthless; despicable; contemptible; pitiful;
trifling; as, a paltry excuse; paltry gold. --Cowper.
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The paltry prize is hardly worth the cost. --Byron.
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Syn: See Contemptible.
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paltry
(wn) | paltry
adj 1: not worth considering; "he considered the prize too
paltry for the lives it must cost"; "piffling efforts";
"a trifling matter" [syn: negligible, paltry,
trifling]
2: contemptibly small in amount; "a measly tip"; "the company
donated a miserable $100 for flood relief"; "a paltry wage";
"almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans" [syn:
measly, miserable, paltry] |
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