Pettiness — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

narrowness of mind or ideas or views

the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pˈɛtɪnəs/

🇬🇧British English

/pˈɛtɪnəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pˈɛtɪnəs/

3 syllables Say it as /pˈɛtɪnəs/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

slightness puniness triviality littleness smallness

Word Forms

petty	adjective	contemptibly narrow in outlook
trivial	adjective	(informal) small and of little importance
slight	adjective	lacking substance or significance; ; ; ; a fragile claim to fame"
puny	adjective	inferior in strength or significance
little	adjective	(informal) small and of little importance

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Kleinlichkeit

Engstirnigkeit des Geistes oder der Ideen oder Ansichten

🇫🇷French

mesquinerie

étroitesse d'esprit ou d'idées ou de points de vue

🇪🇸Spanish

mezquindad

estrechez de mente o ideas o puntos de vista

🇮🇹Italian

meschinità

ristrettezza di mente, di idee o di punti di vista

🇳🇱Dutch

kleinzieligheid

bekrompenheid van geest of ideeën of opvattingen

🇵🇹Portuguese

mesquinhez

estreiteza de mente ou ideias ou pontos de vista

🇷🇺Russian

мелочность

узость ума или идей или взглядов

India

🇮🇳Hindi

संकीर्णता

मन या विचारों या विचारों की संकीर्णता

🇧🇩Bengali

ক্ষুদ্রতা

মনের সংকীর্ণতা বা ধারণা বা দৃষ্টিভঙ্গি

🇮🇳Tamil

அற்பத்தனம்

மனம் அல்லது கருத்துக்கள் அல்லது பார்வைகளின் குறுகிய தன்மை

🇮🇳Telugu

చిన్నతనం

మనస్సు లేదా ఆలోచనలు లేదా అభిప్రాయాల సంకుచితత్వం

🇮🇳Marathi

क्षुद्रपणा

मनाची संकुचितता किंवा कल्पना किंवा दृश्ये

🇮🇳Gujarati

ક્ષુદ્રતા

મન અથવા વિચારો અથવા દૃષ્ટિકોણની સંકુચિતતા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸಣ್ಣತನ

ಮನಸ್ಸಿನ ಸಂಕುಚಿತತೆ ಅಥವಾ ಕಲ್ಪನೆಗಳು ಅಥವಾ ದೃಷ್ಟಿಕೋನಗಳು

🇮🇳Malayalam

നിസ്സാരത

മനസ്സിൻ്റെയോ ആശയങ്ങളുടെയോ വീക്ഷണങ്ങളുടെയോ സങ്കുചിതത്വം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਛੋਟਾਪਨ

ਮਨ ਜਾਂ ਵਿਚਾਰਾਂ ਜਾਂ ਵਿਚਾਰਾਂ ਦੀ ਤੰਗੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

چھوٹا پن

ذہن یا خیالات یا خیالات کی تنگی۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

琐碎

心胸、想法或观点狭隘

🇯🇵Japanese

つまらないこと

心の狭さ、考え方、見方

🇰🇷Korean

사소함

마음이나 생각이나 견해가 좁음

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự nhỏ mọn

sự hẹp hòi của tâm trí hoặc ý tưởng hoặc quan điểm

🇹🇭Thai

ความใจแคบ

ความคับแคบของจิตใจหรือความคิดหรือมุมมอง

🇮🇩Indonesian

kepicikan

kesempitan pikiran atau gagasan atau pandangan

🇵🇭Filipino

kakulitan

kakitiran ng isip o ideya o pananaw

🇲🇾Malay

kepicikan

kesempitan fikiran atau idea atau pandangan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تافهة

ضيق العقل أو الأفكار أو وجهات النظر

🇮🇷Persian

کوچک بودن

تنگ نظری یا عقاید یا دیدگاه ها

🇹🇷Turkish

bayağılık

zihin darlığı veya fikir veya görüşler

🇮🇱Hebrew

קַטנוּנִיוּת

צרות נפש או רעיונות או השקפות

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