PUNINESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Smallness of stature

Synonyms:

puniness; runtiness; stuntedness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("puniness" is a kind of...):

littleness; smallness (the property of having a relatively small size)

Derivation:

puny ((used especially of persons) of inferior size)

Meaning:

The quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous

Synonyms:

pettiness; puniness; slightness; triviality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("puniness" is a kind of...):

unimportance (the quality of not being important or worthy of note)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "puniness"):

joke (a triviality not to be taken seriously)

Derivation:

puny (inferior in strength or significance)