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Synonyms for trifling
ˈtraɪ flɪŋtri·fling
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Wiktionary
triflingadjective
Synonyms:
inconsequential, trivial, pettytriflingadjective
trivial, or of little importance
Synonyms:
trivial, inconsequential, pettytriflingadjective
idle or frivolous
Synonyms:
inconsequential, petty, trivial
English Synonyms and Antonyms
trifling
Idle in all uses rests upon its root meaning, as derived from the Anglo-Saxon idel, which signifies vain, empty, useless. Idle thus denotes not primarily the absence of action, but vain action — the absence of useful, effective action; the idle schoolboy may be very actively whittling his desk or tormenting his neighbors. Doing nothing whatever is the secondary meaning of idle. One may be temporarily idle of necessity; if he is habitually idle, it is his own fault. Lazy signifies indisposed to exertion, averse to labor; idleness is in fact; laziness is in disposition or inclination. A lazy person may chance to be employed in useful work, but he acts without energy or impetus. We speak figuratively of a lazy stream. The inert person seems like dead matter (characterized by inertia), powerless to move; the sluggish moves heavily and toilsomely; the most active person may sometimes find the bodily or mental powers sluggish. Slothful belongs in the moral realm, denoting a self-indulgent aversion to exertion. "The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth," Prov. xxvi, 15. Indolent is a milder term for the same quality; the slothful man hates action; the indolent man loves inaction. Compare VAIN.
Synonyms:
idle, inactive, indolent, inert, lazy, slothful, sluggish, unemployed, unoccupied, vacantAntonyms:
active, busy, diligent, employed, industrious, occupied, working
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
trifling
Synonyms:
trivial, slight, petty, frivolous, unimportant, inconsiderable, worthless
Princeton's WordNet
dalliance, dawdling, triflingadjective
the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working
Synonyms:
toying, flirting, dalliance, flirtation, coquetry, flirt, dawdlingAntonyms:
valuablenegligible, paltry, triflingadjective
not worth considering
"he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost"; "piffling efforts"; "a trifling matter"
Synonyms:
measly, negligible, paltry, miserableAntonyms:
valuable
Dictionary of English Synonymes
triflingadjective
Synonyms:
trivial, petty, frivolous, worthless, inconsiderable, nugatory, slight, unimportant, insignificant, immaterial, piddling, of little value or consequence, of no moment, of small importance
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#7516 | slight | |
#9013 | idle | |
#9125 | lazy | |
#10506 | inactive | |
#10675 | vacant | |
#12212 | unemployed | |
#12556 | trivial | |
#13331 | petty | |
#17102 | miserable | |
#18579 | flirt | |
#19897 | negligible | |
#20267 | insignificant | |
#20769 | worthless | |
#22259 | toying | |
#27289 | inert | |
#29109 | flirting | |
#29806 | sluggish | |
#30439 | frivolous | |
#32026 | unimportant | |
#43939 | unoccupied | |
#57224 | paltry | |
#57684 | inconsequential | |
#68555 | measly | |
#69037 | trifling | |
#80300 | indolent | |
#82178 | flirtation | |
#114767 | slothful | |
#118861 | inconsiderable | |
#142140 | dalliance | |
#229944 | dawdling | |
#271465 | coquetry |
How to use trifling in a sentence?
Fashon is the abortive issue of vain ostentation and exclusive egotism it is haughty, trifling, affected, servile, despotic, mean and ambitious, precise and fantastical, all in a breath -- tied to no rule, and bound to conform to every whim of the minute.
Those who give too much attention to trifling things become generally incapable of great things.
Superstition is the religion of feeble minds; and they must be tolerated in an admixture of it in some trifling or enthusiastic shape or other; else you will deprive weak minds of a resource found necessary to the strongest.
Regrettably, the media campaign in the past few weeks over this report is a clear attempt to topple the prime minister and the Likud government by trifling with petty issues and distracting voters.
Frequently the more trifling the subject, the more animated and protracted the discussion.
Translations for trifling
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- insignificantCatalan, Valencian
- unbedeutendGerman
- insignificante, trivialSpanish
- بی اهمیتPersian
- mitätönFinnish
- insignifiant, futileFrench
- insignificanteItalian
- שׁHebrew
- 些細Japanese
- levisLatin
- неважен, незначаен, безначаенMacedonian
- insignificante, trivialPortuguese
- neînlăturat, măruntRomanian
- пустячный, мелкий, незначительныйRussian
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