Related Words for petty

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lowly
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Adjective, Adverb
small
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Adverb, Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
inferior
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Verb, Adjective, Noun
niggling
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Noun, Adjective, Noun
little
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Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Noun
trivial
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Noun, Adjective, Noun
narrow
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Noun, Adjective, Noun, Verb
fiddling
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
unimportant
xx/x
Adjective, Adjective
subordinate
x/xx
Adjective, Adjective, Noun, Verb
junior
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Verb, Adjective, Noun
lower
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Noun, Adjective, Verb, Noun
secondary
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Noun, Adjective, Noun
subaltern
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Noun, Noun, Adjective
picayune
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Adjective, Name, Adjective
trifling
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Adjective
childish
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Adjective
spiteful
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Adjective
vindictive
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Adjective
selfish
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Adjective
puerile
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Adjective
petulant
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Adjective
venal
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Adjective
silly
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Adjective
egotistical
xx/xx
Adjective
hypocritical
xx/xx
Adjective
squabbles
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Noun
frivolous
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Adjective
crass
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Noun
pompous
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Adjective
boorish
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Adjective
stupid
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Adjective
idiotic
xx/x
Adjective
pathetic
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Adjective
inconsequential
xxx/x
Adjective
inane
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Noun
ridiculous
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Adjective
triviality
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Noun
pointless
/x
Adjective
insignificant
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Adjective
vexatious
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Adjective
ignoble
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Adjective
arrogant
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Adjective
vile
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Adjective
parochial
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Adjective
vulgar
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Noun
mundane
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Adjective
thoughtless
/x
Adjective
banal
x/
Adjective
obnoxious
x/x
Adjective
dishonest
x/x
Adjective
heartless
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Adjective
menial
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Adjective
foolish
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Adjective
greedy
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Adjective
vicious
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Adjective
cruel
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Adjective
despicable
x/xx
Adjective
avaricious
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Adjective
egocentric
xx/x
Adjective
snide
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Adjective
truculent
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Adjective
peevish
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Adjective
superficial
xx/x
Adjective
churlish
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Adjective
flippant
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Adjective
unseemly
x/x
Adjective
egregious
x/x
Adjective
tyrannical
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Adjective
murderous
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Adjective
puny
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Adjective
uncouth
//
Adjective
bigoted
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Adjective
partisan
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Noun
irksome
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Adjective
sordid
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Adjective
rude
/
Adjective
tawdry
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Adjective
impertinent
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Adjective
bitter
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Adjective
insolent
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Adjective
ignorant
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Adjective
unbecoming
xx/x
Adjective
conniving
x/x
Noun
fatuous
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Adjective
heinous
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Adjective
vengeful
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Adjective
absurd
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Adjective
pitiful
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Adjective
odious
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Adjective
impudent
x/x
Adjective
narcissistic
xx/x
Adjective
callous
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Adjective
prosaic
x/x
Adjective
bitchy
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Adjective
blatant
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Adjective
whiny
/x
Adjective
myopic
x/x
Adjective
snobbish
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Adjective
bloodthirsty
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Adjective
cowardly
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Adjective
quarrels
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Noun
unfair
x/
Adjective
petite
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Name
petit
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Noun
meaningless
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Adjective
paltry
/x
Adjective
simple
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Adjective
light
/
Noun
slight
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Adjective
inconsiderable
xx/xxx
Adjective
negligible
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Adjective
mean
/
Noun
nowhere
/x
Adverb
piteous
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Adjective
peddling
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Noun
valueless
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Adjective
vain
/
Adjective
worthless
/x
Adjective
shallow
/x
Adjective
immaterial
xx/xx
Adjective
cheap
/
Adjective
inconsiderate
xx/xx
Adjective
less than
//
Phrase, Noun, Adjective
cavalier
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Noun
idle
/x
Adjective
whatever
x/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
unworthy
x/x
Adjective
diminished
x/x
Adjective
measly
/x
Adjective
hollow
/x
Noun
thievery
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Noun
thieving
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Noun
pilfering
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Noun
larceny
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Noun
stealing
/x
Verb
bourgeois
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Noun
thefts
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Noun
jealousies
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Noun
annoyances
x/xx
Noun
hooliganism
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Noun
tyrannies
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Noun
bourgeoisie
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Noun
tyrants
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Noun
abyssinian
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Adjective, Name
ancient
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Adjective, Noun
barbarian
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
betty
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Name, Verb
border
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Noun, Verb
bum
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
crappy
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Adjective
crummy
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Adjective, Noun
dastardly
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Adjective, Adverb
deccan
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Name
denizens
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Noun
despotic
x/x
Adjective
detestable
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Adjective
distractions
x/x
Adjective
ex
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
factional
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Adjective
foreign
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Adjective, Name
futile
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Adjective
grand
/
Noun, Adjective
incapable
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Adjective, Noun
incidental
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
indicted
x/x
Verb
innocuous
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Adjective
insensitive
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Adjective
internecine
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Adjective
intertribal
xx/x
Adjective
jefferson
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Name
juvenile
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Adjective, Noun
lame
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
lenient
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Adjective, Noun
loser
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Noun
lousy
/x
Adjective
marginal
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Adjective, Noun
master
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
mere
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
meticulous
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Adjective
micro
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
mild
/
Adjective, Noun
miniature
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
minor
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
miserable
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Adjective, Noun
miserly
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Adjective
modern
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Adjective, Noun
modest
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Adjective
natural
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb
neighborhood
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Noun
noncommissioned
/x/x
Adjective
orthodox
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Noun, Adjective
patti
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Name
practise
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Verb, Noun
premier
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
punk
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
pup
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Noun, Verb
queer
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Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
rajput
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Name
ratty
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Adjective, Noun
seedy
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Adjective
shabby
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Adjective, Verb
soft
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
tiny
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Adjective, Noun
underage
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Adjective, Noun
unkind
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Adjective
welsh
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Name, Adjective, Verb
wretched
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Adjective
young
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
shirtless
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Adjective
milestone
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Noun, Verb
die
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Verb, Noun