Punies

Synonyms for "punies" (360 found)

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Adjective(16 words)

gangly gaunt haggard ickle impotent insignificant languid lank lanky leptosome lit'l little low macilent mini modest

Noun(47 words)

geek good-for-naught good-for-nothing gooey greener greenhorn greenie gremlin homo novus hoon inceptor inferior initiate joe nobody johnny-come-lately junior learner lidderon little guy losel

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loser louse maggot minnow n00b ne'er-do-well nebbish neofan neophyte new bug new chum newb newbie newbro newcomer newling no one no-good no-mark nobody nonce nonentity noob nothing nothingburger novi novice

gimcrack gimcracky gossamery haggard half pint half-pint hollow eyed hollow-eyed impoverished inconsequential inferior infirm insignificant insubstantial jejune jerkwater jerry jerry built jerry-built knee high

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knee-high lean lenten light lightweight limited little marantic marasmic meager meagre mean meaningless measly mickey mouse midget minor minute miserly namby pamby namby-pamby narrow negligible niggardly niggling

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Noun(55 words)

novitiate nowmun nozzer nub nubcake pelf peon picayune pig dog pile of shit pip-squeak pissant pleb probationer probationist probie prole puisne punk pup

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nugatory one horse one-horse pale paltry papery parsimonious pasteboardy pathetic peaked peaky peanut peddling petite pettifogging petty picayune picayunish piddling piffling

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Adjective(26 words)

pencil-necked petty pint-sized pocket-size rangy rawboned reedy scraggy scrawny skin and bones skinny slight slim small small-scale starved thin as a rake toothless undernourished undersized

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underweight wasted wee weedy wurlie wurly

Adjective(2 words)

runty shrimpy

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sickness weakness

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

"Be-dabs, if the whole gin-works hain't got the punies. Even the mare tuck a spell today. She wouldn't eat corn nor shuck."

Source: wiktionary

Other days, when I tried to get up despite feeling weak, she would inform me that I had a case of "the punies" and ought to stay in the tank.

Source: wiktionary

“I brung my boy. He's got the punies and I want the doc to take a look at him.”

Source: wiktionary

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