littleness

Examples

• All

• His constant focus on trivial matters showed his littleness of character.

• Or had its littleness been his sole point?

  Fiction book (1995)

• You will feel a deep satisfaction at your littleness, probably for the first time in years.

• She was criticized for her littleness when she refused to help a colleague with a simple task.

Synonyms

P

pettiness

vslittleness

9 6.2

Being too worried about small unimportant things and not generous

is about lack of generosity especially over trivial matters

S

stinginess

vslittleness

1 6.8

A habit of not wanting to give or spend money

is more about meanness in trivial situations rather than general refusal to give

U

uncharitableness

vslittleness

1 8.6

A lack of kindness or willingness to help others

is narrower focusing on meanness over trivial matters rather than general unkindness

S

smallness

vslittleness

1 7.5

Being mean or petty about little things

is the same quality focused on meanness in trivial matters

Antonyms

G

generosity

124 2.1

Being kind and ready to give money, time, or help to others

M

magnanimity

• Formal

3 8.5

Showing great kindness and forgiveness to an opponent or someone weaker

How Generous

generosity

124 2.1

kindness

257 1.0

littleness

1 8.7

stinginess

1 6.8

meanness

15 5.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology