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measly

/mee-zlee/US // ˈmi zli //UK // (ˈmiːzlɪ) //

可怕的,卑微的,卑鄙的,小小的

Related Words

paltry微不足道,微不足道的,渺小,渺小的meager微薄的,微薄,微不足道,微不足道的miserly吝啬的人,吝啬鬼,吝啬的,吝啬miserable悲惨的,凄惨的,凄惨,悲惨的事pitiful可怜的人,可怜的,悲惨的,凄惨的puny弱小的,弱小,矮小的,弱不禁风beggarly卑鄙的,乞丐式的,乞丐式,乞丐contemptible蔑视,轻蔑,鄙视,卑鄙insignificant不重要的,无足轻重,无关紧要,微不足道的mean意味着,是指,意思是说,意思是niggling棘手的问题,微不足道的,琐碎的,微不足道pathetic可悲,可怜的,悲惨的,悲哀petty小气,小气的,小气鬼,琐碎picayune野餐,皮卡伊恩,皮亚杰,皮卡丘piddling琐碎的,琐碎,琐事,琐碎的事情poor穷人,贫穷,可怜的,穷scanty微薄的,稀少的,轻微的,微薄stingy小气,吝啬,悭吝,吝啬鬼trifling琐碎的,琐碎,琐碎的事,琐事trivial琐碎,琐碎的,琐事,小事一桩

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    mea·sli·er, mea·sli·est.

    • : Informal. contemptibly small, meager, or slight: They paid me a measly fifteen dollars for a day's work.wretchedly bad or unsatisfactory: a measly performance.
    • : infected with measles, as an animal or its flesh.
    • : pertaining to or resembling measles.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.skimpy
Synonyms
meager微薄的,微薄,微不足道,微不足道的miserable悲惨的,凄惨的,凄惨,悲惨的事miserly吝啬的人,吝啬鬼,吝啬的,吝啬paltry微不足道,微不足道的,渺小,渺小的pitiful可怜的人,可怜的,悲惨的,凄惨的puny弱小的,弱小,矮小的,弱不禁风beggarly卑鄙的,乞丐式的,乞丐式,乞丐contemptible蔑视,轻蔑,鄙视,卑鄙insignificant不重要的,无足轻重,无关紧要,微不足道的mean意味着,是指,意思是说,意思是niggling棘手的问题,微不足道的,琐碎的,微不足道pathetic可悲,可怜的,悲惨的,悲哀petty小气,小气的,小气鬼,琐碎picayune野餐,皮卡伊恩,皮亚杰,皮卡丘piddling琐碎的,琐碎,琐事,琐碎的事情poor穷人,贫穷,可怜的,穷scanty微薄的,稀少的,轻微的,微薄stingy小气,吝啬,悭吝,吝啬鬼trifling琐碎的,琐碎,琐碎的事,琐事trivial琐碎,琐碎的,琐事,小事一桩ungenerous不宽厚,不宽松,不慷慨,心胸狭隘unimportant不重要,不重要的,不要紧,不关痛痒valueless无价值,无价值的,无价,毫无价值worthless一文不值,一文不值的,一钱不值,无用的

Examples

  • Home teams favored by three or more points don’t provide value, either, with a measly 22-22 record against the spread in that span.

  • Emails obtained by VOSD attest to Manchester’s unhappiness over the deal and suggest he tried to spite the city in whatever measly way he could.

  • One measly year later, Pam woke to find a naked Ewing grinning at her in the shower.

  • When he ran for the House of Burgesses in 1755, the father of our nation got a measly 40 votes.

  • His profit margin on the quarter pounds he admitted to selling was a measly $200.

  • A tapestry like this was the ultimate luxury good and status symbol, worth so much more than a measly painting.

  • His now infamous Twitter account has a measly 186 followers.

  • Mr. Slocum, did you ever hear o' me pointin' s'uth for home with only a measly four hundred barrel of ile in the hold?

  • Dave Keeney, what boasts he's the best whalin' skipper out o' Homeport, comin' back with a measly four hundred barrel of ile!

  • Nature can chase the measly savage fleeing naked through the bush.

  • And here we are yet, each perched on a measly old slippery rock, in the middle of the rapids.

  • That measly little tap of yours in the last round was certainly a soporific wallop.

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