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piffling
pif·fle P0296100 (pĭf′əl)intr.v. pif·fled, pif·fling, pif·fles To talk or act feebly or futilely.n. Foolish or futile talk or ideas; nonsense.
[Origin unknown.]piffling (ˈpɪflɪŋ) adjworthless, trivialpif•fling (ˈpɪf lɪŋ)
adj. Informal. of little worth; trifling. [1890–95] Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | piffling - (informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"fiddling, footling, niggling, picayune, piddling, trivial, petty, lilliputian, littlecolloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechunimportant - not important; "a relatively unimportant feature of the system"; "the question seems unimportant" |
pifflingadjective (Informal) trivial, petty, trifling, insignificant, little, pants (informal), useless, fiddling, worthless, unimportant, paltry, Mickey Mouse (slang), puny, derisory, measly (informal), piddling (informal), crappy (slang), toytown (slang), poxy (slang), nickel-and-dime (U.S. slang), wanky (taboo slang), chickenshit (U.S. slang) some piffling dispute regarding visiting rightsTranslations
IdiomsSeepifflepiffling
Synonyms for pifflingadj trivialSynonyms- trivial
- petty
- trifling
- insignificant
- little
- pants
- useless
- fiddling
- worthless
- unimportant
- paltry
- Mickey Mouse
- puny
- derisory
- measly
- piddling
- crappy
- toytown
- poxy
- nickel-and-dime
- wanky
- chickenshit
Synonyms for pifflingadj (informal) small and of little importanceSynonyms- fiddling
- footling
- niggling
- picayune
- piddling
- trivial
- petty
- lilliputian
- little
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