Meagre

Noun

 * 1) An edible fish of the genus Argyrosomus.

Adjective

 * 1) Having little flesh; lean; thin.
 * 2) Deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent; paltry; scanty; inadequate; unsatisfying.
 * A meagre piece of cake in one bite.

Adverbs for Meagre
pitifully; scantily; miserably; wretchedly; pitiably; deplorably; lamentably; pathetically; unnecessarily; unaccountably; unreasonably; criminally; stingily; meanly; cruelly; bitterly; hopelessly; desperately; incredibly; unbelievably; meretriciously; skimpily; contemptibly.

Thesaurus
bare, barren, bony, broad, deficient, emaciated, exiguous, gaunt, general, half-starved, inadequate, indefinite, infertile, insufficient, lean, loose, measly, paltry, pathetic, piddling, plain, poor, puny, scant, scanty, scrawny, scrimpy, simple, simplified, skimpy, skinny, spare, sparse, starving, thin, trifling, unadorned, underfed, undernourished, unelaborate, unembellished, unfruitful, unproductive, vague

Etymology 1
From maigre:.

Etymology 2
From megre:,  maigre:, from  macer:.

Alternative forms

 * meager (US)

Noun

 * French: maigre


 * German: Adlerfisch
 * Spanish: corvina

Adjective

 * Dutch:, ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:


 * Italian: magro, scarno, esiguo
 * Scottish Gaelic: lom
 * Spanish:

Derived terms

 * meagrely
 * meagreness

Anagrams

 * Graeme
 * meager