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measly

/ˈmiːzli/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈmiːzli/
measly
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Long vowel
Ending
Final y vowel sound

meas - ly -> measly

Myanmar meaning

(adj) အလွန်သေးငယ်သော။ တန်ဖိုးအလွန်နည်းသော။

Full entry

measly /'mi:zli / adj (infml derog )

အလွန် သေးငယ်သော။ တန်ဖိုး အလွန်နည်းသော။ They're paid a measly £ 2 an hour.

More examples
  • I can’t afford to buy a car on my measly salary.
Synonyms
stingy, meager, ungenerous, derisory, miserable, paltry, small, inadequate, insufficient, beggarly, contemptible, insignificant, mean, miserly, niggling, pathetic, petty, picayune, piddling, pitiful, poor, puny, scanty, skimpy, trifling, trivial, unimportant, valueless, worthless
Antonyms
abundant, ample, big, generous, happy, large, liberal, plenty, proficient, rich, satisfactory, substantial, sufficient, wealthy
Cross references
stingymeagerungenerousderisorymiserablepaltrysmallinadequateinsufficientbeggarlycontemptibleinsignificantmeanmiserlynigglingpatheticpettypicayunepiddlingpitifulpoorpunyscantyskimpytriflingtrivialunimportantvalueless
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