fribbling

  • 41paltry — adj 1. petty, trifling, trivial, piddling, minor, trumpery, fribbling, Brit. potty, Archaic. pelting, inconsiderable, unappreciable, inconsequential, insignificant, unimportant, irrelevant, nonessential, penny ante, small time, Inf. no great… …

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  • 42piddling — adj trifling, peddling, fribbling, niggling; paltry, petty, small, slight, puny, picayune; minor, meager, flimsy; lightweight, shallow, frothy, frivolous, superficial; of no consequence, unimportant, insignificant, insubstantial; silly, inane,… …

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  • 43trashy — adj 1. worthless, valueless, good for nothing, not worth a straw; meritless, nugatory, of no real value; useless, inutile, catchpenny, unavailing, bootless, frivolous, fribbling, futile; silly, inane, twaddling; petty, Inf. picayune, niggling,… …

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  • 44yeasty — adj 1. fermenting, fermentative, barmy, frothy, foamy, spumous, spumy, spumescent, lathery. 2. exuberant, ebullient, high spirited, exhilarated, buoyant, bouncy; animated, effervescent, enthused, enthusiastic, irrepressible; zestful, energetic,… …

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  • 45fribble — [frib′əl] adj. [< ?] of little importance; trifling n. 1. a person who wastes time 2. any trifling act or thought vi. fribbled, fribbling to waste time; trifle fribble away to use wastefully …

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  • 46fribble — I. ˈfribəl verb (fribbled ; fribbled ; fribbling b(ə)liŋ ; fribbles) Etymology: origin unknown intransitive verb 1. : to act in a trifling or foolish manner : act frivolously 2 …

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  • 47frib´bler — frib|ble «FRIHB uhl», verb, bled, bling, noun, adjective. –v.i. 1. to behave frivolously; trifle: »Not as you treat those fools that are fribbling round about you (Thackeray). 2. Obsolete. to falter; totter. –v.t. to waste foolishly …

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  • 48frib|ble — «FRIHB uhl», verb, bled, bling, noun, adjective. –v.i. 1. to behave frivolously; trifle: »Not as you treat those fools that are fribbling round about you (Thackeray). 2. Obsolete. to falter; totter. –v.t. to waste foolishly …

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