petty

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ /หˆpeti/ ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง /หˆpeti/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP10000CEFR-C2
adjective
R

small and not important

They had a petty argument about who should wash the dishes.

R

caring too much about small things in a way that is unkind

It was petty of him to get angry over such a small mistake.

R

not very serious

The police often deal with petty crimes like shoplifting.

translation

adj. small and not important; caring too much about small things in a way that is unkind; not very serious

Word Forms

Comparative pettier
Superlative pettiest

Synonyms

piddling adj. ็็ขŽ trifling adj. ไธ้‡่ฆ็š„ inconsequential adj. ไธ้‡่ฆ็š„ parochial adj. ๆ•™ๅŒบ็š„, ็‹ญ้š˜็š„ insignificant adj. ๅพฎไธ่ถณ้“ slight adj. ๅพฎๅฐ็š„, ็บค็ป†็š„, ไธ้‡่ฆ็š„ trivial adj. ไธ้‡่ฆ็š„ nominal adj. ๅไน‰ไธŠ็š„, ่ฑกๅพๆ€ง็š„, ๅ่ฏๆ€ง็š„ tiny adj. ๆžๅฐ็š„ narrow adj. ็‹ญ็ช„็š„, ๅ‹‰ๅผบ็š„, ๆœ‰้™็š„, ็‹ญ้š˜็š„, ็ฒพ็กฎ็š„ small adj. ๅฐ็š„, ๅฐๅฐบๅฏธ, ่พƒๅฐ็š„, ๅนดๅนผ็š„, ไธ้‡่ฆ็š„, ๅฐ่ง„ๆจก็ป่ฅ็š„, ๅฐๅ†™็š„, ไธๅคš็š„ little adj. ๅฐ็š„, ๅนผๅฐ็š„, ็Ÿญ็š„, ไบฒ็ˆฑ็š„, ไธ้‡่ฆ็š„

Antonyms

cosmopolitan adj. ไธ–็•Œๆ€ง็š„, ่งๅคš่ฏ†ๅนฟ็š„, ้ๅธƒๅ…จ็ƒ็š„ receptive adj. ๆ˜“ๆŽฅๅ— serious adj. ไธฅ้‡็š„, ่ฎค็œŸ็š„, ็œŸ่ฏš็š„, ้œ€่ฆ่ฎค็œŸๆ€่€ƒ็š„, ้‡่ฆ็š„, ๅคง้‡็š„ catholic adj. ๅคฉไธปๆ•™็š„, ๆ™ฎไธ–็š„, ๅนฟๆณ›็š„ tolerant adj. ๅฎฝๅฎน็š„, ่€ๅ—็š„ considerable adj. ๅฏ่ง‚็š„ liberal adj. ๅผ€ๆ˜Ž็š„, ๆ”ฏๆŒไธชไบบ่‡ช็”ฑๅ’Œๆœ‰้™ๆ”ฟๅบœๆŽงๅˆถ็š„, ไธปๅผ ็คพไผšๅ˜้ฉๅ’Œ่ดขๅฏŒๅ…ฌๅนณๅˆ†้…็š„, ่‡ช็”ฑๅ…š็š„, ๆ…ทๆ…จ็š„, ้€š่ฏ†ๆ•™่‚ฒ็š„, ไธไธฅๆ ผ็š„ substantial adj. ๅคง้‡็š„, ๅšๅ›บ็š„ important adj. ้‡่ฆ็š„, ๆœ‰ๆƒๅŠ›็š„ significant adj. ้‡่ฆ็š„, ๆœ‰็‰นๆฎŠๆ„ไน‰็š„, ๆœ‰้šๅซๆ„ไน‰็š„ big adj. ๅคง็š„, ๅนด้•ฟ็š„, ้‡่ฆ็š„, ่ดนๅŠ›็š„, ่‘—ๅ็š„, ็ƒญ่กท็š„, ้ข‘็นๅœฐ, ๆ…ทๆ…จ็š„ open adj. ๆ‰“ๅผ€็š„, ๆ•žๅผ€็š„, ๅฑ•ๅผ€็š„, ๆœช้”็š„, ๆ— ็›–็š„, ๆ— ้กถ็š„, ่ฅไธšไธญ็š„, ๅ…ฌๅผ€็š„, ๅฏน็‰นๅฎšไบบ็พคๅผ€ๆ”พ็š„, ๅฏไพ›ไฝฟ็”จ็š„, ๅฏๆŽฅ้€š็š„, ๆ˜“ๅ—ๆ”ปๅ‡ป็š„, ๅฆ่ฏš็š„, ๅผ€ๆ˜Ž็š„, ๆœชๅฎš็š„, ๅ…่ฎธ็š„, ๅผ€ๆ”พ็š„, ็–ๆพ็š„, ๅผ€ๅฃ็š„

Similar Words

pretty adv. ็›ธๅฝ“๏ผŒ้ข‡, ้žๅธธ๏ผŒๅพˆ patty n. ่‚‰้ฅผ peaty adj. ๆณฅ็‚ญ่ดจ็š„