scrimpy

  • 1scrimpy — *meager, scanty, scant, skimpy, exiguous, spare, sparse Analogous words: *thin, slight, slender, slim: niggardly, *stingy, penurious, parsimonious …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 2scrimpy — [skrim′pē] adj. scrimpier, scrimpiest 1. skimpy; meager 2. frugal or economical scrimpily adv. scrimpiness n …

    English World dictionary

  • 3scrimpy — adjective see scrimp …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 4scrimpy — scrimpily, adv. scrimpiness, n. /skrim pee/, adj., scrimpier, scrimpiest. 1. scanty; meager; barely adequate. 2. tending to scrimp; frugal; parsimonious. [1850 55; SCRIMP + Y1] * * * …

    Universalium

  • 5scrimpy — Synonyms and related words: cheeseparing, chinchy, close, deficient, exiguous, failing, inadequate, insufficient, mean, narrow, niggardly, poor, scant, scanty, scarce, scrimp, shy, skimp, skimpy, spare, sparse, wanting …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 6scrimpy — scrimp·y || skrɪpɪ adj. barely sufficient, scanty, meager; economizing, thrifty, frugal …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 7scrimpy — adj scanty, meager, skimpy, scant, shy; lacking, wanting, deficient; shallow, superficial, insubstantial, depthless; sketchy, incomplete, inadequate, beggarly, insufficient; very little, paltry, poor, piddling, Inf. measly, mere; small, narrow,… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 8scrimpy — scrimp•y [[t]ˈskrɪm pi[/t]] adj. scrimp•i•er, scrimp•i•est meager …

    From formal English to slang

  • 9scrimpy — /ˈskrɪmpi/ (say skrimpee) adjective (scrimpier, scrimpiest) scanty; meagre. –scrimpily, adverb –scrimpiness, noun …

  • 10scrimpy — adjective deficient in amount or quality or extent meager resources meager fare • Syn: ↑meager, ↑meagre, ↑meagerly, ↑stingy • Ant: ↑ample ( …

    Useful english dictionary

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