smallness
noun[U]
uk/ˈsmɔːl.nəs/us/ˈsmɑːl.nəs/smallnessnoun[U](SMALL SIZE)
thefactof being little insizeoramountwhencomparedwith what istypicaloraverage:
The smallnessofthecityoftensurprisesfirst-timevisitors.
Theeventwas agreatsuccess,despitethe smallness of thenumbersattending.
Small
- baby
- bijou
- bite-sized
- compactly
- compactness
- dwarf
- midget
- modest
- no/not enough room to swing a catidiom
- on the large, small, etc. sideidiom
- pint-sized
- pocket handkerchief
- pocket-sized
- sampler
- scrubby
- shoe box
- shrunken
- skimpy
- slightness
- wee
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Small in number and quantity
smallnessnoun[U](LIMITED)
thefactof beinglimitedor notimpressive, or not veryimportant:
"What'sstoppedus frommeetingthesechallenges," he said, "is the smallness ofourpolitics."
Ilovewriterswho take themselves out of the smallness oftheirownexperiencesand write about what it would be like toexperiencesomething that they haven't.
Seeing what she has todealwith makes merealizethe smallness of myproblems.
Of little or less importance
- be in/undersomeone'sshadowidiom
- be neither here nor thereidiom
- be no big dealidiom
- biggie
- derisory
- lowly
- meaningless
- meaninglessly
- meaninglessness
- mere
- merely
- peripheral
- petty
- piddling
- piffling
- play second fiddleidiom
- poxy
- rinky-dink
- subordinate
- valueless
smallnessnoun[U](WEAKNESS)
thefactof beingashamedorweak:
羞愧，渺小I had the smallness to beembarrassedbecausepeoplewerestaringat us.因为人们都在盯着我们看，我感到羞怯尴尬。
Ashamed and embarrassed
- abash
- abashed
- ashamed
- awkward
- awkwardly
- egg
- guiltiness
- hangdog
- have egg onyourfaceidiom
- humbling
- look
- looksomeonein the eye/faceidiom
- meet
- mortifying
- not know where to putyourselfidiom
- pride
- shamefaced
- shamefacedly
- squirm
- swallowyourprideidiom
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