puniest

Meaning of puniest

adjective, superlative adjective
  1. small and weak.
    white-faced, puny children

mid 16th century (as a noun denoting a younger or more junior person): phonetic spelling of puisne.

Information about puniest

  • It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of puniest

puni-est

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • puniest is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

puniest synonyms

Meaning of less than the usual size:

undersized

Meaning not fully developed:

underdeveloped

Meaning having insufficient food or other substances for good health and condition:

undernourished

Meaning insufficiently fed or nourished:

underfed

Meaning having been prevented from growing or developing properly:

stunted

Meaning (of a person or their build) not sturdy; thin or slender:

slight

Meaning of a size that is less than normal or usual:

small

Meaning small in size, amount, or degree (often used to convey an appealing diminutiveness or express an affectionate or condescending attitude):

little

Meaning extremely or unusually small:

diminutive

Meaning used in names of animals and plants that are much smaller than more typical kinds, e.g. pygmy shrew, pygmy water lily:

pygmy

Meaning lacking the power to perform physically demanding tasks; having little physical strength or energy:

weak

Meaning lacking physical strength, especially as a result of age or illness:

feeble

Meaning sickly; not robust:

weakly

Meaning often ill; in poor health:

sickly

Meaning very fine in texture or structure; of intricate workmanship or quality:

delicate

Meaning (of a person) weak and delicate:

frail

Meaning (of an object) easily broken or damaged:

fragile

Meaning (of a person) thin and physically weak in appearance:

weedy

Meaning deserving or arousing pity:

pitiful, pitiable

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

inadequate

Meaning so small or unimportant as to be not worth considering; insignificant:

negligible

Meaning not enough; inadequate:

insufficient

Meaning barely sufficient or adequate:

scant

Meaning small or insufficient in quantity or amount:

scanty

Meaning ridiculously small or inadequate:

derisory

Meaning pitiably small or inadequate:

miserable

Meaning feeling sad or distressed through sympathy with someone else's misfortune:

sorry

Meaning (of a person) in a very unhappy or unfortunate state:

wretched

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

meagre

Meaning (of an amount) very small or meagre:

paltry

Meaning unimportant or trivial:

trifling

Meaning of little value or importance:

trivial

Meaning too small or unimportant to be worth consideration:

insignificant

Meaning not important or significant:

inconsequential

Meaning of little importance; trivial:

petty

Meaning arousing pity, especially through vulnerability or sadness:

pathetic

Meaning ridiculously small or few:

measly

Meaning pathetically trivial; trifling:

piddling

Meaning trivial; unimportant:

piffling

Meaning mean:

mingy

Meaning (of an object or place) attractively small and neat:

dinky

Meaning of poor quality; worthless:

poxy

Meaning very small in size or amount:

exiguous

puniest antonyms

Meaning having the power to move heavy weights or perform other physically demanding tasks:

strong

Meaning (of a person or their body) strongly and solidly built:

sturdy

Meaning sufficiently great or important to be worthy of attention; noteworthy:

significant

Meaning fairly large:

sizeable

Meaning of considerable importance, size, or worth:

substantial

Anagrams of puniest

punties, Unistep

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