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单词 dinky
释义

dinky

adjective

din·​ky ˈdiŋ-kē How to pronounce dinky (audio)
dinkier; dinkiest
: overly or unattractively small
drives a dinky little car
also, British : attractively small : cute

Synonyms

  • bantam
  • diminutive
  • dwarfish
  • fine
  • half-pint
  • Lilliputian
  • little
  • pint-size
  • pint-sized
  • pocket
  • pocket-size
  • pocket-sized
  • puny
  • pygmy
  • shrimpy
  • slight
  • small
  • smallish
  • subnormal
  • toylike
  • undersized
  • undersize
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Example Sentences

I used to drive a dinky little car. recent college graduates crowding into a dinky New York City apartment
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Word History

Etymology

Scots dink neat

First Known Use

1880, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

dinky

adjective

din·​ky
ˈdiŋ-kē
: very small and not impressive
a dinky car

dinky

adjective

as in small
of a size that is less than average recent college graduates crowding into a dinky New York City apartment

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • small
  • diminutive
  • little
  • tiny
  • pocket
  • miniature
  • smallish
  • puny
  • fine
  • miniaturized
  • sparse
  • toylike
  • undersized
  • bantam
  • mini
  • dwarf
  • dwarfish
  • shrimpy
  • slight
  • pint-sized
  • slender
  • pygmy
  • pocket-sized
  • pocket-size
  • poor
  • subnormal
  • pint-size
  • spare
  • minuscule
  • Lilliputian
  • half-pint
  • undersize
  • teeny
  • microscopic
  • stunted
  • bitty
  • micro
  • weeny
  • lacking
  • toy
  • wee
  • teensy
  • runty
  • scrubby
  • infinitesimal
  • meager
  • inadequate
  • skimpy
  • insufficient
  • slim
  • teeny-weeny
  • weensy
  • stingy
  • minikin
  • scant
  • scarce
  • scanty
  • minim
  • little bitty
  • teensy-weensy
  • microscopical
  • inappreciable
  • pinpoint
  • minute
  • niggardly
  • meagre
  • deficient
  • skimp
  • capsule
  • runtish
  • wanting
  • bite-sized
  • bite-size

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • large
  • oversized
  • big
  • sizeable
  • sizable
  • substantial
  • oversize
  • outsized
  • gigantic
  • bulky
  • largish
  • massive
  • grand
  • giant
  • handsome
  • great
  • outsize
  • gargantuan
  • considerable
  • huge
  • jumbo
  • mammoth
  • whopping
  • enormous
  • colossal
  • humongous
  • hefty
  • goodly
  • elephantine
  • tidy
  • mountainous
  • voluminous
  • husky
  • cavernous
  • vast
  • monstrous
  • biggish
  • monolithic
  • prodigious
  • titanic
  • gross
  • stupendous
  • monumental
  • hulking
  • overscaled
  • cyclopean
  • heroic
  • overscale
  • tremendous
  • humungous
  • immense
  • galactic
  • ample
  • staggering
  • copious
  • generous
  • bountiful
  • abundant
  • boxcar
  • liberal
  • whacking
  • herculean
  • king-sized
  • thick
  • king-size
  • healthy
  • wide
  • heroical
  • plentiful
  • broad
  • appreciable
  • pharaonic
  • fat
  • plenteous
  • leviathan
  • Brobdingnagian
  • cosmic
  • infinite
  • adequate
  • Bunyanesque
  • sufficient
  • enough
  • immeasurable
  • incalculable
  • Himalayan
  • boundless
  • cosmical
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