punier

Meaning of punier

adjective, comparative adjective
  1. small and weak.
    white-faced, puny children

mid 16th century (as a noun denoting a younger or more junior person): phonetic spelling of puisne.

Information about punier

  • It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of punier

punier

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • punier is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

punier synonyms

Meaning of less than the usual size:

undersized

Meaning not fully developed:

underdeveloped

Meaning having insufficient food or other substances for good health and condition:

undernourished

Meaning insufficiently fed or nourished:

underfed

Meaning having been prevented from growing or developing properly:

stunted

Meaning (of a person or their build) not sturdy; thin or slender:

slight

Meaning of a size that is less than normal or usual:

small

Meaning small in size, amount, or degree (often used to convey an appealing diminutiveness or express an affectionate or condescending attitude):

little

Meaning extremely or unusually small:

diminutive

Meaning used in names of animals and plants that are much smaller than more typical kinds, e.g. pygmy shrew, pygmy water lily:

pygmy

Meaning lacking the power to perform physically demanding tasks; having little physical strength or energy:

weak

Meaning lacking physical strength, especially as a result of age or illness:

feeble

Meaning sickly; not robust:

weakly

Meaning often ill; in poor health:

sickly

Meaning very fine in texture or structure; of intricate workmanship or quality:

delicate

Meaning (of a person) weak and delicate:

frail

Meaning (of an object) easily broken or damaged:

fragile

Meaning (of a person) thin and physically weak in appearance:

weedy

Meaning deserving or arousing pity:

pitiful, pitiable

Meaning lacking the quality or quantity required; insufficient for a purpose:

inadequate

Meaning so small or unimportant as to be not worth considering; insignificant:

negligible

Meaning not enough; inadequate:

insufficient

Meaning barely sufficient or adequate:

scant

Meaning small or insufficient in quantity or amount:

scanty

Meaning ridiculously small or inadequate:

derisory

Meaning pitiably small or inadequate:

miserable

Meaning feeling sad or distressed through sympathy with someone else's misfortune:

sorry

Meaning (of a person) in a very unhappy or unfortunate state:

wretched

Meaning (of something provided or available) lacking in quantity or quality:

meagre

Meaning (of an amount) very small or meagre:

paltry

Meaning unimportant or trivial:

trifling

Meaning of little value or importance:

trivial

Meaning too small or unimportant to be worth consideration:

insignificant

Meaning not important or significant:

inconsequential

Meaning of little importance; trivial:

petty

Meaning arousing pity, especially through vulnerability or sadness:

pathetic

Meaning ridiculously small or few:

measly

Meaning pathetically trivial; trifling:

piddling

Meaning trivial; unimportant:

piffling

Meaning mean:

mingy

Meaning (of an object or place) attractively small and neat:

dinky

Meaning of poor quality; worthless:

poxy

Meaning very small in size or amount:

exiguous

punier antonyms

Meaning having the power to move heavy weights or perform other physically demanding tasks:

strong

Meaning (of a person or their body) strongly and solidly built:

sturdy

Meaning sufficiently great or important to be worthy of attention; noteworthy:

significant

Meaning fairly large:

sizeable

Meaning of considerable importance, size, or worth:

substantial

Anagrams of punier

pruine, purine, unripe, uprein

Words that rhyme with punier

Nier, Chanier, Lanier, Ranier, Vanier, accompanier, beanier, buccanier, canier, douanier, lanier, latanier, panier, printanier, sedanier, tanier, wanier, zanier, Chenier, Grenier, centenier, chenier, denier, greenier, grenier, ingenier, palfrenier, queenier, sheenier, spleenier, teenier, weenier, Chataignier, besognier, Chnier, Fourdrinier, Minier, Rainier, brainier, brinier, cantinier, carabinier, carbinier, cuisinier, douzainier, fourdrinier, grainier, linier, minier, pinier

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