Pettiness

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The character of being petty; smallness; littleness; triviality.
  • noun. Synonyms Smallness. etc. (see littleness), frivolousness, triviality, insignificance.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The quality or state of being petty or paltry; littleness; meanness.
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  • noun. The quality of being petty.
  • noun. A petty behaviour, attitude, etc.
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  • noun. the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous
  • noun. lack of generosity in trifling matters
  • noun. narrowness of mind or ideas or views
    • Word Usage
    "So, as always, Betty's pettiness is to blame for all things."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    closeness  meanness  minginess  narrow-mindedness  narrowness  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    covetousness  dishonesty  dissimulation  futility  imbecility  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abjectness  abominableness  atrociousness  authoritarianism  baseness  
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