littlenesses
States of smallness
Littlenesses is the plural of littleness, referring to instances or qualities of being small, petty, or insignificant.
The word usually carries a negative connotation, pointing to moral or spiritual smallness rather than physical size: the littlenesses of everyday office politics, He was ashamed of his own littlenesses—the grudges, the jealousies.
Unimportant small matter
- negligibilityState of being dismissible
- unimportanceLack of consequence
- inconsequenceLack of meaningful effect
- pettinessFocus on insignificant matters
marginality · irrelevance · paltriness · meaninglessness · immateriality · insubstantiality · secondariness · frivolousness
State of minimal size
- smallnessMinimal physical extent
- diminutivenessExtreme smallness in size
- microscopyTechnique using powerful lenses
- finenessPurity or thinness measure
delicacy · slightness · compactness · daintiness · pettiness · scanty · meagerness · slenderness
Limited, ungenerous perspective
- meannessSpiteful, unkind disposition
- narrow-mindednessClosed thinking, limited perspective
- parochialismExcessive local focus
- spitePetty malicious intent
vindictiveness · cattiness · resentfulness · nitpicking · quibbling · bickering · jealousy · envy
triviality
Unimportant small matter
- negligibilityState of being dismissible
- unimportanceLack of consequence
- inconsequenceLack of meaningful effect
pettiness · marginality · irrelevance · paltriness · meaninglessness · immateriality · insubstantiality · secondariness · frivolousness · superficiality
tininess
State of minimal size
- smallnessMinimal physical extent
- diminutivenessExtreme smallness in size
- microscopyTechnique using powerful lenses
fineness · delicacy · slightness · compactness · daintiness · pettiness · scanty · meagerness · slenderness · narrowness
small-mindedness
Limited, ungenerous perspective
- meannessSpiteful, unkind disposition
- narrow-mindednessClosed thinking, limited perspective
- parochialismExcessive local focus
spite · vindictiveness · cattiness · resentfulness · nitpicking · quibbling · bickering · jealousy · envy · malice
littlenessesgreatnesses
States of remarkable superiority
enormities · immensities · hugeness · largeness · magnitudes
littlenessesgrandeur
Impressive splendor and scale
significance · consequence · importance · momentousness · consequentiality
littlenessesmagnanimities
Instances of noble forgiveness
generosities · nobilities · greatnesses · big-heartedness · open-handedness