meagre
a . 瘦的;贫弱的;贫乏的
瘦的;贫弱的;贫乏的
meagre adj 1 :
deficient in amount or quality or extent ; "
meager resources "; "
meager fare " [
synonym : {
meager }, {
meagre },
{
meagerly }, {
stingy }, {
scrimpy }] [
ant : {
ample }]
Meager \
Mea "
ger \,
Meagre \
Mea "
gre \,
a . [
OE .
merge ,
F .
maigre ,
L .
macer ;
akin to D . &
G .
mager ,
Icel .
magr ,
and prob .
to Gr .
makro `
s long .
Cf . {
Emaciate }, {
Maigre }.]
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1 .
Destitue of ,
or having little ,
flesh ;
lean .
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Meager were his looks ;
Sharp misery had worn him to the bones . --
Shak .
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2 .
Destitute of richness ,
fertility ,
strength ,
or the like ;
defective in quantity ,
or poor in quality ;
poor ;
barren ;
scanty in ideas ;
wanting strength of diction or affluence of imagery ;
as ,
meager resources ;
meager fare .
Opposite of {
ample }. [
WordNet sense 1 ] [
Narrower terms : {
exiguous }]
[
Narrower terms : {
hardscrabble ,
marginal }] [
Narrower terms : {
measly ,
miserable ,
paltry }] "
Meager soil ."
--
Dryden .
Syn :
meagre ,
meagerly ,
scanty .
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Of secular habits and meager religious belief .
--
I .
Taylor .
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His education had been but meager . --
Motley .
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3 . (
Min .)
Dry and harsh to the touch ,
as chalk .
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4 .
less than a desirable amount ; --
of items distributed from a larger supply . [
WordNet sense 2 ]
Syn :
scrimpy ,
skimpy ,
skimping .
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WordNet 1 .
5 ]
Syn :
Thin ;
lean ;
lank ;
gaunt ;
starved ;
hungry ;
poor ;
emaciated ;
scanty ;
barren .
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Meager
Meager \
Mea "
ger \,
Meagre \
Mea "
gre \,
v .
t .
To make lean . [
Obs .]
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Meagre \
Mea "
gre \,
n . [
F .
maigre .] (
Zool .)
A large European sciaenoid fish ({
Sciaena umbra }
or {
Sciaena aquila }),
having white bloodless flesh .
It is valued as a food fish . [
Written also {
maigre }.]
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44 Moby Thesaurus words for "
meagre ":
bare ,
barren ,
bony ,
broad ,
deficient ,
emaciated ,
exiguous ,
gaunt ,
general ,
half -
starved ,
inadequate ,
indefinite ,
infertile ,
insufficient ,
lean ,
loose ,
measly ,
paltry ,
pathetic ,
piddling ,
plain ,
poor ,
puny ,
scant ,
scanty ,
scrawny ,
scrimpy ,
simple ,
simplified ,
skimpy ,
skinny ,
spare ,
sparse ,
starving ,
thin ,
trifling ,
unadorned ,
underfed ,
undernourished ,
unelaborate ,
unembellished ,
unfruitful ,
unproductive ,
vague
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