Synonyms for pettiness
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Triviality
2. Smallness
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The quality of being petty.
The pettiness of the accounting department asking me to save a receipt from a fast-food restaurant was absurd.
- n. 2
A petty behaviour, attitude, etc.
Forms
- Plural
- pettinesses → trivialities, slightnesses, smallnesses, littlenesses…
Example sentences
- triviality We shouldn't waste our time in triviality.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| pettiness | steady | |
| triviality | steady | |
| slightness | falling | |
| puniness | steady | |
| smallness | falling | |
| littleness | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- puniness
- 9 letters
- smallness2
- 10 letters
- triviality5, littleness, slightness
- 14 letters
- insignificance5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (smallness2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- mesquinerie
- Español
- mezquindad
- Deutsch
- Kleinlichkeit