Paltry
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

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SET
Several exercises intended to be done in series; "he did four sets of the incline bench press"

SAD
Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness; "feeling sad because his dog had died"; "Better by far that you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad"- Christina Rossetti

LOW
The lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving

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MERE
Being nothing more than specified; "a mere child"

VILE
Morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar"

VAIN
Unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt"

TINY
Very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy"

PUNY
(used especially of persons) of inferior size

RANK
The body of members of an organization or group; "they polled their membership"; "they found dissension in their own ranks"; "he joined the ranks of the unemployed"

SLIM
Take off weight

THIN
Take off weight

PUNK
Rock music with deliberately offensive lyrics expressing anger and social alienation; in part a reaction against progressive rock

MEAN
Characterized by malice; "a hateful thing to do"; "in a mean mood"

PALE
Lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness; "a pale rendition of the aria"; "pale prose with the faint sweetness of lavender"; "a pallid performance"

POKY
A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)

POOR
People without possessions or wealth (considered as a group); "the urban poor need assistance"

LEAN
The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right"

BASE
Having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; "that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burke; "taking a mean advantage"; "chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare; "something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics"

FOUL
An act that violates the rules of a sport

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BORNE

TINNY
Of or containing tin

TATTY
Tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"

SPARE
A score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls

SORRY
Feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone; "felt regretful over his vanished youth"; "regretful over mistakes she had made"; "he felt bad about breaking the vase"

SMALL
The slender part of the back

TACKY
Tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"

PETTY
Larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)

MINOR
A young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"

MINGY
(used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity; "a mean person"; "he left a miserly tip"

SKIMP
Supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; "sting with the allowance"

SEEDY
Full of seeds; "as seedy as a fig"

MANGY
Having many worn or threadbare spots in the nap; "a mangy carpet"; "a mangy old fur coat"

GROSS
Visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features)

GRAVE
A place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone); "he put flowers on his mother's grave"

GAUDY
(Britain) a celebratory reunion feast or entertainment held a college

EMPTY
A container that has been emptied; "return all empties to the store"

DIRTY
Soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves"

CHEAP
Relatively low in price or charging low prices; "it would have been cheap at twice the price"; "inexpensive family restaurants"

SCANT
Supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; "sting with the allowance"

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MEASLY
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"

MEAGRE
Deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"

TWOBIT

MEAGER
Deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"

SLIGHT
A deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)

ARRANT
Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth"

STINGY
Unwilling to spend; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds"

WATERY
Relating to or resembling or consisting of water; "a watery substance"; "a watery color"

TRASHY
Tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"

SHODDY
Reclaimed wool fiber

SLEAZY
Of cloth; thin and loosely woven; "the coat has a sleazy lining"

SKIMPY
Containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance"

SHABBY
Showing signs of wear and tear; "a ratty old overcoat"; "shabby furniture"; "an old house with dirty windows and tatty curtains"

SCUZZY

SCURVY
A condition caused by deficiency of ascorbic acid (vitamin C)

SCUMMY
Of the most contemptible kind; "abject cowardice"; "a low stunt to pull"; "a low-down sneak"; "his miserable treatment of his family"; "You miserable skunk!"; "a scummy rabble"; "a scurvy trick"

SCRIMP
Subsist on a meager allowance; "scratch and scrimp"

SCANTY
Short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)

SCABBY
Covered with scabs

PEANUT
A young child who is small for his age

ORNERY
Having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers

NARROW
A narrow strait connecting two bodies of water

ODIOUS
Unequivocally detestable; "abominable treatment of prisoners"; "detestable vices"; "execrable crimes"; "consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke

LUMPEN
Mentally sluggish

LITTLE
(of children and animals) young, immature; "what a big little boy you are"; "small children"

LENTEN
Of or relating to or suitable for Lent; "lenten food"

JEJUNE
Lacking in nutritive value; "the jejune diets of the very poor"

FRUGAL
Avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally"

FILMSY

FEEBLE
Pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness; "a feeble excuse"; "a lame argument"

CRUMMY
Of very poor quality; flimsy

COMMON
A piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area; "they went for a walk in the park"

COARSE
Lacking refinement or cultivation or taste; "he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "an untutored and uncouth human being"; "an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy"; "appealing to the vulgar taste for violence"; "the vulgar display of the newly rich"

CHEESY
Of very poor quality; flimsy

ABJECT
Of the most contemptible kind; "abject cowardice"; "a low stunt to pull"; "a low-down sneak"; "his miserable treatment of his family"; "You miserable skunk!"; "a scummy rabble"; "a scurvy trick"

TINPOT
Inferior (especially of a country's leadership); "he's a tinpot Hitler"

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WATERED
(of silk fabric) having a wavelike pattern

TENUOUS
Lacking substance or significance; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame"

STINTED

STUNTED
Inferior in size or quality; "scrawny cattle"; "scrubby cut-over pine"; "old stunted thorn trees"

SQUALID
Foul and run-down and repulsive; "a flyblown bar on the edge of town"; "a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town"; "squalid living conditions"; "sordid shantytowns"

SPARTAN
A resident of Sparta

SPARING
Avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally"

SLENDER
Being of delicate or slender build; "she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"- Frank Norris; "a slim girl with straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure cross the street"

SCRUFFY
Shabby and untidy; "a surge of ragged scruffy children"; "he was soiled and seedy and fragrant with gin"- Mark Twain

SCRUBBY
Inferior in size or quality; "scrawny cattle"; "scrubby cut-over pine"; "old stunted thorn trees"

SCRIMPY
Deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"

SCRAWNY
Being very thin; "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck"

PITIFUL
Deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"

PIMPING

MISERLY
(used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity; "a mean person"; "he left a miserly tip"

LOWTEST

LOWDOWN

LIMITED
Public transport consisting of a fast train or bus that makes only a few scheduled stops; "he caught the express to New York"

HEINOUS
Extremely wicked, deeply criminal; "a flagitious crime"; "heinous accusations"

DEBASED
Ruined in character or quality

FULSOME
Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech; "buttery praise"; "gave him a fulsome introduction"; "an oily sycophantic press agent"; "oleaginous hypocrisy"; "smarmy self-importance"; "the unctuous Uriah Heep"; "soapy compliments"

DWARFED

AUSTERE
Of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect; "an austere expression"; "a stern face"

ASCETIC
Someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline

TRIVIAL
(informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"