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puny

puny is a 4-letter English word with 4 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Imperfectly developed in size or vigor; small and feeble; inferior; petty. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 4 senses

Definitions

  1. 1superlative

    Imperfectly developed in size or vigor; small and feeble; inferior; petty.

  2. 2noun

    A youth; a novice.

  3. 3adjective

    (used especially of persons) of inferior size

    Synonyms

    runtyshrimpy
  4. 4adjective

    inferior in strength or significance

    "a puny physique"

    "puny excuses"

Synonyms

runtyshrimpy

Common word forms

punierpunilypuniest

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