picayune

²picayune

adj

Definition of PICAYUNE

: of little value : paltry; also : petty, small-minded

— pic·a·yun·ish \-ˈyü-nish\ adjective

Examples of PICAYUNE

1. They argued over the most picayune details.
2. <the picayune ponderings of a commentator who steadfastly believes other cultures are inferior to our own>

First Known Use of PICAYUNE

1836

Related to PICAYUNE

Synonyms: illiberal, insular, Lilliputian, little, narrow-minded, parochial, petty, narrow, provincial, sectarian, small, small-minded

Antonyms: broad-minded, catholic, cosmopolitan, liberal, open, open-minded, receptive, tolerant

Related Words: inflexible, ironbound, obdurate, obstinate, rigid, set, stubborn, unyielding, wrongheaded; bigoted, intolerant; biased, discriminating, discriminatory, jaundiced, one-sided, partial, partisan, prejudiced; brass bound, hidebound, old-fashioned, reactionary, stodgy, straitlaced (or straightlaced), stuffy; dogmatic (also dogmatical), opinionated, opinionative; limited; hick, unsophisticated

Near Antonyms: impartial, nonpartisan, objective, unbiased, unprejudiced; freethinking

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