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Synonyms for meagre
mea·gre
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Princeton's WordNet
meager, meagre, meagerly, stingy, scrimpyadjective
deficient in amount or quality or extent
"meager resources"; "meager fare"
Synonyms:
meager, stingy, ungenerous, scrimpy, meagerly
Dictionary of English Synonymes
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#398 | little | |
#402 | low | |
#751 | limited | |
#1711 | poor | |
#2507 | dry | |
#4349 | thin | |
#8525 | lean | |
#10026 | modest | |
#12952 | skinny | |
#15777 | scarce | |
#22879 | tame | |
#24547 | barren | |
#37666 | scant | |
#42060 | meager | |
#49769 | stingy | |
#56101 | skimmed | |
#57224 | paltry | |
#67164 | scanty | |
#67860 | meagre | |
#90817 | insubstantial | |
#98718 | lank | |
#239890 | ungenerous |
How to use meagre in a sentence?
Men may seem detestable as joint stock-companies and nations; knaves, fools, and murderers there may be; men may have mean and meagre faces; but man, in the ideal, is so noble and so sparkling, such a grand and glowing creature, that over any ignominious blemish in him all his fellows should run to throw their costliest robes.
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- treutBreton
- almindelig ørnefiskDanish
- mager, AdlerfischGerman
- γλίσχροςGreek
- bocca d'oro, corvina, enjuto, exiguoSpanish
- kotkaskalaEstonian
- kotkakalaFinnish
- maigreFrench
- lomScottish Gaelic
- thanneyManx
- अल्पHindi
- soványHungarian
- esiguo, scarno, bocca d'oro, magra, magroItalian
- ಅಲ್ಪKannada
- karig, ombervis, schraal, magerDutch
- corvinaPortuguese
- обыкновенный, скудный, тощий, серебристый, худой, бедный, горбыль, недостаточныйRussian
- havsgösSwedish
- معمولیUrdu
- maigueWalloon
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