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petty:
- bourgeois; kneuterig; burgerlijk; burgermannetjesachtig; kleingeestig; bekrompen; benepen; kleinzielig; kleinburgerlijk
Wiktionary:
- petty → onbeduidend, benepen
- petty → gering

English

Detailed Translations for petty from English to Dutch

petty:

petty adj

petty (bourgeois; cramped; confined; petty-bourgeois; provincial; parochial; narrow minded; small-town; lower-middle-class; narrow-mindedness; a small voice; like a narrow minded man)
bourgeois; kneuterig; burgerlijk; burgermannetjesachtig
- bourgeois adj
- kneuterig adj
- burgerlijk adj
- burgermannetjesachtig adj
petty (bashfull; diffident; narrow minded)
kleingeestig; bekrompen; benepen; kleinzielig
- kleingeestig adj
- bekrompen adj
- benepen adj
- kleinzielig adj
petty (narrow-minded)
bekrompen; kleinburgerlijk
- bekrompen adj
- kleinburgerlijk adj

Translation Matrix for petty:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	petit larceny; petty larceny
Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
bekrompen	bashfull; diffident; narrow minded; narrow-minded; petty	narrow; narrow minded
benepen	bashfull; diffident; narrow minded; petty
burgerlijk	a small voice; bourgeois; confined; cramped; like a narrow minded man; lower-middle-class; narrow minded; narrow-mindedness; parochial; petty; petty-bourgeois; provincial; small-town	civic; civil
kleinburgerlijk	narrow-minded; petty	narrow-minded
kleingeestig	bashfull; diffident; narrow minded; petty
kleinzielig	bashfull; diffident; narrow minded; petty
kneuterig	a small voice; bourgeois; confined; cramped; like a narrow minded man; lower-middle-class; narrow minded; narrow-mindedness; parochial; petty; petty-bourgeois; provincial; small-town	narrow-minded
-	junior-grade; lower-ranking; lowly; secondary; small-minded; subaltern
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	trivial
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
bourgeois	a small voice; bourgeois; confined; cramped; like a narrow minded man; lower-middle-class; narrow minded; narrow-mindedness; parochial; petty; petty-bourgeois; provincial; small-town
burgermannetjesachtig	a small voice; bourgeois; confined; cramped; like a narrow minded man; lower-middle-class; narrow minded; narrow-mindedness; parochial; petty; petty-bourgeois; provincial; small-town

Related Words for "petty":

pettiness, pettier, pettiest

Synonyms for "petty":

junior-grade; inferior; lower-ranking; lowly; secondary; subaltern; subordinate; junior
fiddling; footling; lilliputian; little; niggling; piddling; piffling; picayune; trivial; unimportant
small-minded; narrow-minded; narrow
petit larceny; petty larceny; larceny; theft; thievery; thieving; stealing

Antonyms for "petty":

grand larceny

Related Definitions for "petty":

contemptibly narrow in outlook¹
- petty little comments¹
- disgusted with their small-minded pettiness¹
inferior in rank or status¹
- petty officialdom¹
larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)¹

Wiktionary Translations for petty:

petty

adjective

Little, trifling, or inconsiderable, as a petty fault
- petty → onbeduidend

petty

adjective

bekrompen
- benepen → petty; small-minded

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• petty	→ gering	↔ mesquin — Sans importance ni valeur

Related Translations for petty

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University