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. superlative. Imperfectly developed in size or vigor; small and feeble; inferior; petty.
2. noun. A youth; a novice.
3. adjective. (used especially of persons) of inferior size

   Synonyms: runty, shrimpy

4. adjective. inferior in strength or significance

   "a puny physique"

   "puny excuses"

Synonyms

runty, shrimpy

Common word forms

punier, punily, puniest

Words from these letters

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