noun

pissant

PIH-sant

noun

Informal, dismissive: a small, unimportant, or annoying person.

"He's just a pissant trying to look important in meetings."

adj

Informal: insignificant or trivial.

"They argued for an hour over some pissant detail no one cared about."

How to Use Pissant

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishA crude, dismissive term for someone (or something) petty and unimportant.

When to use it

Vulgar slang — not for formal contexts.

more pissant comparative, pissants plural, most pissant superlative

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From piss + ant, apparently referencing the sharp, urine-like smell given off by anthills.

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