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🙄 An annoying person 🪶 Unimportant 🐜 A small ant
pissant

pissant

1 9.9
Not important and meant to insult
  • adjective
  • /ˈpɪsænt/
  • Offensive
translation icon : insignificante
  • Many people dismissed his ideas as nothing more than pissant opinions that didn't deserve attention.

Examples

  • The politician's pissant remarks during the debate highlighted his ignorance on the subject.

  • If that is it, it is a pretty pissant bribe to result in eviscerating the Fourth Amendment.

    Blog text (17)

  • Ed looks across at this pissant little kid.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • And, of course, Knoblach got wind of our good fortune and he sent his pissant little son Travis over to spy on us.

    Action Point (2018)

  • But this one miserable, pissant little country... has the gall to think it can dictate the economy of an open market.

    Superman III (1983)

  • She shrugged off the pissant criticism from someone with no real experience in the field.

Synonyms

pissy
vspissant
  • Offensive
2 9.7

Too small and poor in quality to deserve respect

is broader disdain toward people or things calling them insignificant
pooty
vspissant
  • Slang
9.9

Silly and childish in a way that is not serious

is a harsher expression showing contempt rather than playful dismissal

Antonyms

important
∞ 1.0

A person or thing that matters a lot

significant
∞ 2.5

Important and big enough to make a difference

How Important

significant
∞ 2.5
pissant
  • Offensive
1 9.9
minor
600 2.4
trivial
121 3.9

Surface Forms

pissant positive

Etymology

Pissant comes from two simple parts, piss ('to pee') and ant ('a small insect'), because people once used it for a tiny, smelly ant. So calling something pissant means you think it is small, unimportant, or not worth your time.