puny

adjective · nounA1

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Tính từ

adjective
Comparative
punier
Superlative
puniest
  1. 1.

    Of inferior significance, size, or strength; ineffective, small, weak.

    You puny earthlings are no match for Ming the Merciless!

    Đồng nghĩa: angular, anorexic, carrion, emaciated, gangling, gangly, gaunt, haggard, macilent, lank, lanky, leptosome, pencil-necked, puny, rangy, rawboned, reedy, scraggy, scrawny, skin and bones, skinny, starved, thin as a rake, undernourished, underweight, wasted, weedy, compact, fun size, fun-sized, ickle, insignificant, lit'l, little, low, modest, mini, petty, pint-sized, pocket-size, slim, slight, small, small-scale, undersized, wee, wurly

  2. 2.

    (Southern US)(chiefly Southern US, south Midland US) (Frequently) ill; poorly, sickly.

  3. 3.

    (obsolete) Alternative spelling of puisne.

Danh từ

noun
Plural noun:
punies
  1. 1.

    (archaic)An inferior person; a subordinate; also, an insignificant person.

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    Đồng nghĩa: inferior, junior, puisne, underling, vassal, absolute zero, also-ran, chopped liver, cipher, crumb, Joe Nobody, little guy, minnow, nebbish, nobody, no one, nothing, nothingburger, nonentity, picayune, pip-squeak, pleb, peon, prole, puny, quidam, rinky-dink, shrimp, wankstain, zero, zilch, absolute zero, assbucket, asswipe, badling, blatherskite, bugger, carrion, cipher, cockstain, crumb, custron, dandiprat, doink, dirtbag, douchebag, fellow, fritlag, fuckbucket, geek, good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, gooey, hoon, lidderon, losel, loser, louse, maggot, ne'er-do-well, nobody, no-good, no-mark, nonentity, nonce, nought, nowmun, pelf, pig dog, pile of shit, pissant, punk, puny, quat, ramp, rinky-dink, roly-poly, scullion, shicer, shitheap, slubberdegullion, sparrow-fart, streak of piss, toerag, truant, twerp, wankstain, waste of space, underperson, unworthy, zero

  2. 2.

    (obsolete)A younger person; a junior.

  3. 3.

    Alternative spelling of puisne.

  4. 4.

    (obsolete)A new student at a school, university, the Inns of Court, etc.; a junior.

    Đồng nghĩa: fresher, freshman, new bug, novi, shadow

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Đồng nghĩa

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Nguồn gốc từ

puisne pósine-pro A respelling of puisne, from puisné (later, more recent; junior; weakly) and Middle French puisné (modern puîné), from puis (after; since) + né (born). Puis is derived from Old French pois (after; since), from *postius (afterward), from Latin posteā (afterwards; hereafter; thereafter; next, then), from post (after;

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