miserly
71Scrooge — /skroohj/, n. 1. Ebenezer /eb euh nee zeuhr/, a miserly curmudgeon in Dickens Christmas Carol. 2. (often l.c.) any miserly person. [1935 40, for def. 2] * * * …
72niggardly — 1. adjective /ˈnɪɡədli,ˈnɪɡɚdli/ Withholding for the sake of meanness; stingy, miserly. This manifests itself in an implacable tendency to provide an opulent supply of some things and a niggardly yield of others. Syn: miserly, stingy …
73Mikhail Svetlov (bass) — Mikhail Anatolyevich Svetlov (born Krutikov; Russian: Михаил Анатольевич Светлов) is a Russian bass,[1] known for the range and beauty of his voice as well as his acting ability, his voice described by the Washington Post as a titanic, all… …
74miser — mi‧ser [ˈmaɪzə ǁ ər] noun [countable] a person, organization, country etc that hates spending money: • This country is a miser when it comes to research and development spending in engineering. miserly adjective : • Teachers complain they already …
75close — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. compact, dense, firm; stifling, oppressive, muggy, stale, stuffy; stingy, tight fisted, niggardly; taut; confining, constrictive; near, intimate; secretive, reticent, reserved; approximate. See… …
76chary — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Careful] Syn. cautious, circumspect, wary; see careful . 2. [Frugal] Syn. sparing, stingy, miserly; see economical 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. 1. careful cautious, wary, guarded, mindful, circumspect, suspicious …
77closefisted — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. tight, miserly, stingy, niggardly; see greedy 1 , stingy . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. tightfisted, tight, cheap, stingy, miserly, niggardly, penny pinching, parsimonious, penurious. ANT.: generous, giving,… …
78hard-fisted — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. selfish, miserly, niggardly, tight fisted; see stingy . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Ungenerously or pettily reluctant to spend money: cheap, close, close fisted, costive, mean2, miserly, niggard, niggardly,… …
79illiberal — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Prejudiced] Syn. biased, intolerant, bigoted, narrow minded; see prejudiced , selfish 1 . 2. [Miserly] Syn. selfish, niggardly, miserly; see greedy 1 , stingy . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Not tolerant of the… …
80tightfisted — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. thrifty, niggardly, frugal, penny pinching; see stingy . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. cheap, stingy, miserly, sparing, frugal, *penny pinching, penurious, parsimonious, niggardly, greedy. ANT.: generous, charitable …
