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Pettiness Common

Origin: Germanic Old English suffix

Pettiness has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

narrowness of mind or ideas or views

2

the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous

3

lack of generosity in trifling matters

4

The quality of being petty.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
narrow-mindedness unimportance meanness
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
joke
Rhyming Words
ess 1ess ress ness tess hess kess wess jess fess yess sess less bess cess mess guess 1aess gless cress
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