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- having little value or importance: The misery suffered in this war makes your own problems seem pretty picayune. Synonyms fiddling mainly UK footling old-fashioned little petty disapproving piddling informal disapproving
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Synonyms for PICAYUNE: petty, small, parochial, narrow, little, insular, provincial, Lilliputian; Antonyms of PICAYUNE: liberal, cosmopolitan, receptive, open, catholic, tolerant, objective, impartial.
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Synonyms of picayune. 1. a. : a Spanish half real piece formerly current in the South. b. : half dime. 2. : something trivial. picayune. 2 of 2. adjective. : of little value : paltry. also : petty, small-minded. picayunish. ˌpi-kē-ˈyü-nish. adjective. Did you know?
picayune. adjective. US us / ˌpɪk.əˈjuːn / / ˈpɪk.ə.juːn / uk / ˌpɪk.əˈjuːn / / ˈpɪk.ə.juːn /. Add to word list. having little value or importance: The misery suffered in this war makes your own problems seem pretty picayune. Synonyms.
Definitions of picayune. adjective. (informal) small and of little importance. “giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction”. synonyms: fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, petty, piddling, piffling, trivial. unimportant.
Synonyms and antonyms of picayune in English. picayune. adjective. These are words and phrases related to picayune. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of picayune. Why quarrel over such a picayune matter?. Synonyms. trifling. trivial. petty. paltry. insignificant. unimportant. inconsequential.
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of little value or account; small; trifling: a picayune amount. Synonyms: trivial, paltry, nugatory, insignificant, inconsequential, measly. petty, carping, or prejudiced: I didn't want to seem picayune by criticizing. Synonyms: illiberal, small-minded, petty, narrow-minded, narrow.
