measly
Pathetically tiny amount
Measly describes something contemptibly small or inadequate—an amount so paltry it insults: They offered a measly ten dollars for a day's work, a measly slice of cake.
The word carries indignation at being shortchanged.
Originally it described meat infected with tapeworm larvae, but this sense has been almost entirely displaced by the dismissive one.
Deficient in quantity
- scantBarely adequate amount
- paltryContemptibly meager
- inadequateNot sufficient for purpose
- sparseThinly scattered or distributed
skimpy · scanty · negligible · minimal · deficient · scarce · insubstantial · slight
Arousing scornful pity
- pitifulArousing sorrowful contempt
- lousyOf very poor quality
- shabbyWorn and neglected
- crummyWretchedly inferior
worthless · sorry · wretched · miserable · inferior · cheap · shoddy · poor
Microscopic infectious agent
- contagiousTransmissible between people
- rashHeedless or skin irritation
- spotsDetects or marks
- rubellaViral illness with rash
infectious · fever · outbreak · vaccination · epidemic · quarantine · symptoms · immunity
meager
Deficient in quantity
- scantBarely adequate amount
- paltryContemptibly meager
- inadequateNot sufficient for purpose
sparse · skimpy · scanty · negligible · minimal · deficient · scarce · insubstantial · slight · puny
pathetic
Arousing scornful pity
crummy · worthless · sorry · wretched · miserable · inferior · cheap · shoddy · poor · subpar
virus
Microscopic infectious agent
- contagiousTransmissible between people
- rashHeedless or skin irritation
- spotsDetects or marks
rubella · infectious · fever · outbreak · vaccination · epidemic · quarantine · symptoms · immunity · MMR
- nonessentialunnecessary, unneeded, nonessential, inessential, dispensable
- Scalevast, immense, huge, enormous, massive
- smallnesssmall, little, tiny, mini, miniature
- inferiorinferior, substandard, second-rate, second-class, subpar
measlyabundant
Existing in great quantity
plentiful · ample · substantial · generous · copious
measlysignificant
Having notable importance
substantial · consequential · important · momentous · weighty
measlygenerous
Willing to give freely
ample · sufficient · handsome · lavish · satisfactory
- German measlesContagious childhood rash disease
- measles vaccineImmunization against rubeola
- measles outbreakClustered cases of spotted fever
- measles rashViral infection's skin symptom
- measles partyIntentional exposure gathering
- measles virusInfectious agent causing rash