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Synonyms for puny
ˈpyu nipun·y
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punyadjective
Synonyms:
undeveloped, small, undersized, diminutive, stunted, atrophied, feeble
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#350 | small | |
#4106 | tiny | |
#13331 | petty | |
#15200 | inferior | |
#31313 | feeble | |
#32205 | undeveloped | |
#42948 | puny | |
#82063 | undersized | |
#167683 | pigmy | |
#318181 | dwarfish |
How to use puny in a sentence?
Hes a big guy ; shes a puny, little 70-year-old.
Science, which cuts its way through the muddy pond of daily life without mingling with it, casts its wealth to right and left, but the puny boatmen do not know how to fish for it.
It shouldn't be too much of a surprise that the Internet has evolved into a force strong enough to reflect the greatest hopes and fears of those who use it. After all, it was designed to withstand nuclear war, not just the puny huffs and puffs of politicians and religious fanatics.
There is a fee today and the world hasn't ended, the proposed fee is so puny that no reasonable retail investor would ever notice it.
The true beauty of nature is her amplitude she exists neither for nor because of us, and possesses a staying power that all our nuclear arsenals cannot threaten (much as we can easily destroy our puny selves).
Translations for puny
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- سقيمArabic
- escarransit, desnerit, febleCatalan, Valencian
- maličkýCzech
- svageligDanish
- mickrigGerman
- μικροκαμωμένοςGreek
- flojo, gualtrapas, escuchimizado, tirillasSpanish
- خرابکاریPersian
- hintelä, vähäpätöinen, mitätönFinnish
- chétifFrench
- नन्हाHindi
- apróHungarian
- lemahIndonesian
- gracileItalian
- מחורבןHebrew
- うんざりするJapanese
- ಚುರುಕಾದKannada
- 자그마한Korean
- pusilliLatin
- krappegLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- pūkiki, kaureheMāori
- nietige, nietigDutch
- ynkeligNorwegian
- małostkowyPolish
- insignificantePortuguese
- plăpândRomanian
- крохотный, тщедушныйRussian
- punySwedish
- மெலிந்தTamil
- పరిమాణంగలTelugu
- อ่อนแอThai
- cılızTurkish
- слабкийUkrainian
- دانوUrdu
- yếu đuốiVietnamese
- punyYiddish
- 弱小Chinese
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