petty russian
ма́ленький
little, small, tiny
little, young
short, short in stature
trifling, petty, insignificant
ме́лкий
small, little, minor
fine, fine-grained, powdery
petty, trivial, insignificant
shallow
старшина́
sergeant major, first sergeant, master sergeant
petty officer
elder, head, foreman
жу́лик
crook, swindler, rogue, con man
pilferer, petty thief
cheat, card-sharp
возня́
fuss, bother, hassle, trouble
scuffling, romping, noise, racket
tinkering, fiddling, messing about
intrigues, machinations, petty scheming
кулачо́к
little fist, small fist
cam, tappet
petty kulak, small kulak
меща́нство
lower middle classes, petty bourgeoisie, Philistinism, narrow-mindedness
мещани́н
petty bourgeois, burgher, townsman (of the petty-burgher estate)
philistine, narrow-minded person, bourgeois (pejorative)
мелкобуржуа́зный
petty-bourgeois
копе́ечный
worth one copeck, cheap, petty, twopenny-halfpenny
вори́шка
pilferer, petty thief, young thief
божо́к
idol, minor deity, little god
tin god, idol (person), petty potentate
самоду́р
petty tyrant, wilful and stupid person
разночи́нец
raznochinets, intellectual of non-noble origin, commoner
petty official, minor civil servant
измельча́ть
to grind, to mill, to pound, to crush
to shred, to chop up finely, to reduce to fragments
to become smaller, to grow smaller
to become shallow, to grow shallower
to degenerate, to lose significance, to become petty
ме́лочный
small-minded, petty, mean-spirited
дря́зги
squabbles, petty troubles, petty unpleasantness
кля́уза
petty denunciation, tale-telling complaint, informing
slander, malicious gossip, backbiting
intrigue, scheming
cavil, vexatious litigation, legal quibbling
князёк
princeling, petty prince, prince (diminutive)
prince's son, young prince
ridge of a roof, roof ridge
azure tit
крохобо́р
penny-pincher, skinflint, pinchpenny
nitpicker, hairsplitter, petty pedant
крохобо́рческий
petty
макла́к
middleman, second-hand dealer, petty trader
broker, jobber, agent
profiteer, speculator, wheeler-dealer
макла́чество
huckstering, profiteering, petty brokerage, wheeling and dealing
second-hand dealing, jobbing, petty trading
мелкотра́вчатый
petty, puny, small-time, insignificant
small-patterned, with a fine floral pattern
мельча́ть
to become smaller, to grow smaller, to shrink
to become shallower, to get shallow
to become petty, to degenerate, to lose significance
меща́нка
petty bourgeoise, townswoman of the меща́не estate
philistine, narrow-minded woman
обыва́тельница
philistine, petty bourgeois woman, narrow-minded woman
inhabitant (female), resident, local
политика́н
politicaster, petty politician, would-be politician
intriguer, scheming politician, wheeler-dealer
прице́пка
hitching, hooking up, coupling
trailer, sidecar
hitch, coupling device, tow hook
nitpicking, carping, faultfinding, petty objection
самоду́рство
petty tyranny, high-handedness, despotic behaviour, arbitrariness
stupid wilfulness, obstinacy, pigheadedness
аристокра́тишка
petty aristocrat, wannabe aristocrat, minor aristocrat
приворо́вывать
to pilfer, to steal a little, to pinch, to be a petty thief
конду́кторский
conductor's, ticket collector's
warrant officer's, petty officer's
jig-, fixture-
мещани́нишка
petty philistine, paltry bourgeois, insignificant townsman
меща́ночка
petty bourgeois woman (diminutive/pejorative), little philistine, narrow-minded woman (diminutive/pejorative)
меща́нски
in a petty-bourgeois way, philistinely, narrow-mindedly
омеща́нивание
bourgeoisification, embourgeoisement, becoming petty-bourgeois
по-меща́нски
in a petty-bourgeois way, philistine-like, narrow-mindedly
сканда́льчик
little scandal, minor scandal, petty scandal, tiff
хозя́йчик
petty proprietor, small owner
царёк
princeling, petty monarch
крохобо́рствовавший
penny-pinching, miserly, petty
поворовывающий
pilfering, thieving, light-fingered, prone to petty theft
измеща́нившийся
bourgeois, philistine, petty-bourgeois
омеща́нившийся
philistine, petty bourgeois, narrow-minded
ты́рить
to nick, to pinch, to swipe, to steal (petty things)
крючкотво́рство
pettifogging, pettyfoggery, chicanery
Examples
Некоторые люди промышляют мелким воровством в городе.
Some people make a living through petty theft in the city.
Она презирала мещан за их мелочность.
She despised the petty bourgeoisie for their pettiness.
Он критиковал мелкобуржуазные взгляды своих соседей.
He criticized his neighbours' petty-bourgeois views.
Эта идея показалась ему слишком мелкобуржуазной.
He found the idea too petty-bourgeois.
Партия боролась с мелкобуржуазными настроениями в народе.
The party fought against petty-bourgeois sentiments among the people.
Все считают его мелким кляузником.
Everyone considers him a petty complainer.
Он постоянно кляузничает начальству по мелочам.
He is constantly complaining to management about petty matters.
Кляузничество процветает в этом коллективе.
Petty complaining is flourishing in this organization.
В мелочном крохоборстве нет ничего хорошего.
There is nothing good about such petty pedantry.
Его крохоборческий подход мешал развитию бизнеса.
His petty approach was hindering the development of the business.
Крохоборческие замечания начальника всех утомили.
The boss’s petty remarks tired everyone out.
Такая крохоборческая политика вредит команде.
Such a petty policy is harmful to the team.
В суде процветает мелкое крючкотворство.
Petty legalistic trickery is rife in the courts.
Маклачество считалось не самым честным делом
Such petty dealing was not considered the most honest business.
Он всегда был мелкотравчатым чиновником без больших идей.
He had always been a petty official with no big ideas.
Их спор показался мне мелкотравчатым и скучным.
Their argument seemed petty and boring to me.
Мещанка любила хвастаться новой мебелью.
The petty bourgeois woman loved to boast about her new furniture.
Его самодурство надоело всем сотрудникам.
His petty tyranny had worn out all the employees.
Соседи считают его мелким сквалыжником.
The neighbors consider him a petty skinflint.
Соседи считали его мелким аристократишкой
The neighbors considered him a petty aristocrat.
Этот мещанинишка боялся любых перемен.
That petty philistine was afraid of any kind of change.
Мещанинишка суетился вокруг своих мелких дел.
The petty philistine fussed over his trivial affairs.
Полицейский, сцапавший воришку, доложил начальству.
The policeman who had grabbed the petty thief reported to his superior.
Старик, пробавляющийся мелкой торговлей, жил один.
The old man, who made a living from petty trade, lived alone.
Он превратился в омещанившегося чиновника с мелкими интересами.
He turned into a philistine official with petty interests.



















