measliest

Meaning of measliest

adjective, superlative adjective
  1. ridiculously small or few.
    three measly votes

late 16th century (describing a pig or pork infected with measles): from measles + -y1. The current sense dates from the mid 19th century.

Information about measliest

  • It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of measliest

measli-est

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • measliest is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

measliest synonyms

Meaning (of an amount) very small or meagre:

paltry

Meaning (of something provided or available) lacking in quantity or quality:

meager

Meaning small or insufficient in quantity or amount:

scanty

Meaning pitiably small or inadequate:

miserable

Meaning lacking the quality or quantity required; insufficient for a purpose:

inadequate

Meaning not enough; inadequate:

insufficient

Meaning arousing pity, especially through vulnerability or sadness:

pathetic

Meaning mean; ungenerous:

stingy

Anagrams of measliest

Maliseets, metalises

Words that rhyme with measliest

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