Canadian English Meaning of meagre
meager
Other Canadian English words related to meager
- poor
- scarce
- sparse
- small
- inadequate
- Insufficient
- lacking
- light
- lowest
- minimal
- scant
- Scant
- short
- skimpy
- slender
- slim
- small
- spare
- economical
- stingy
- thin
- Bare
- bare bones
- barren
- deficient
- hand to mouth
- least
- blankety-blank
- stingy, tight-fisted
- skimp
- slight
- sterile
- fruitless
- unproductive
- wanting
- littlest
- slightest
- Thin on the ground
Nearest Words of meagre
Definitions and Meaning of meagre in English
meagre (a)
deficient in amount or quality or extent
meagre (a.)
Destitue of, or having little, flesh; lean.
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.
Dry and harsh to the touch, as chalk.
meagre (v. t.)
To make lean.
meagre (n.)
A large European sciaenoid fish (Sciaena umbra or S. aquila), having white bloodless flesh. It is valued as a food fish.
FAQs About the word meagre
meager
deficient in amount or quality or extentDestitue of, or having little, flesh; lean., Destitute of richness, fertility, strength, or the like; defective in quant
poor,scarce,sparse,small,inadequate,Insufficient,lacking,light,lowest,minimal
abundant,adequate,plentiful,bountiful,copious,enough,generous,liberal,plentiful,wealthy
meagerness => poverty, meagerly => meagerly, meager => meagre, mead's milkweed => Milkweed, meadowy => meadowy,
