- Types Of Speech
- You can use paltry as a adjective satellite in a sentence.
- About Paltry
- A 2 syllables adjective satellite and 6 letters with the letters a, l, p, r, t, and y, 5 consonants, 1 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letters lt. Paltry starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters p, pa, pal, palt, paltr, and the ending characters are y, ry, try, ltry, altry, ..
- Definition
- Contemptibly small in amount; "a measly tip"; "the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief"; "a paltry wage"; "almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans"
- Origin/Roots
- Middle Low German
- Compound Words
- A compound word, paltry has more than one word within it. There's 2 words which are pal, and try.
- School Grade
- Paltry is set as a sat word that starts with p, ends with y, 2 syllables, 1 vowels and 6 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is paltry a scrabble word? A 11 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Paltry in Pig Latin is said as "altrypay or altrypway".
- Unigram
- p | a | l | t | r | y
- Bigram
- pa | al | lt | tr | ry
- Trigram
- pal | alt | ltr | try
- Quadrigram
- palt | altr | ltry
- Word Gram
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- contemptibly small in amount;
"a measly tip";
"the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief";
"a paltry wage";
"almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans" - not worth considering;
"he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost";
"piffling efforts";
"a trifling matter"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abject | showing humiliation or submissiveness "an abject apology" |
| Abominable | exceptionally bad or displeasing "atrocious taste" "abominable workmanship" "an awful voice" "dreadful manners" "a painful performance" "terrible handwriting" "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room" |
| Abstainer | a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages |
| Abstemious | sparing in consumption of especially food and drink "the pleasures of the table, never of much consequence to one naturally abstemious"- John Galsworthy |
| Adverse | in an opposing direction "adverse currents" "a contrary wind" |
| Afflicted | mentally or physically unfit |
| Allergic | |
| Anaemic | lacking vigor or energy "an anemic attempt to hit the baseball" |
| Anemic | lacking vigor or energy "an anemic attempt to hit the baseball" |
| Antagonistic | opposing or neutralizing or mitigating an effect by contrary action |
View all cognitive synonyms for Paltry
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Paltry | contemptibly small in amount "a measly tip" "the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief" "a paltry wage" "almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans" |
| Partly | in part in some degree not wholly "I felt partly to blame" "He was partially paralyzed" |
| Raptly |
View English words with the unique letters used in paltry. Words With The Letters Alprty
| Similar Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Meager | deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare" |
| Meagerly | deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare" |
| Meagre | deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare" |
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paltry (6 letters) | 11 | 12 | paltry | ||
| Partly (6 letters) | 11 | 12 | paltry | ||
| Raptly (6 letters) | 11 | 12 | paltry |
Paltry Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With P
- Ends With Y
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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