meagre

Meaning

Noun

Argyrosomus regius, an edible fish of the family Sciaenidae.

Adj

1. Having little flesh; lean; thin.
2. Deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent
3. Of a set: such that, considered as a subset of a (usually larger) topological space, it is in a precise sense small or negligible.
4. Dry and harsh to the touch (e.g., as chalk).

Verb

To make lean.

Synonyms

meager

lean

scanty

meager

poor

thin

little

insufficient

slender

scarce

small

scant

deficient

incomplete

skinny

mean

stingy

limited

few

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gaunt

dry

miserly

jejune

inadequate

lacking

spare

measly

slight

half-empty

exiguous

meagerly

scrimpy

sparse

starveling

trifling

unblessed

unenlightening

unilluminating

unsatisfactory

wanting

hard up

not much

not rich

very little

Atlantic shadefish

be scanty

not fertile

slab sided

shabby

bald

broken

croaker

defective

destitute

emaciated

exile

greedy

imperfect

in short supply

insignificant

insubstantial

jewfish

lank

minute

modest

partial

peaked

penurious

porous

raunchy

raw boned

rinky-dink

scraggly

scrawny

scrimp

avaricious

skeletal

skimpy

sleazy

slim

Hyphenated as

mea‧gre

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmiːɡɚ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: megre

Cognate with Old English: mæġer

Cognate with Dutch: mager

Cognate with German: mager

Cognate with Icelandic: magur

In summary

From Middle French maigre.