tight-fisted
1tight-fisted — ► ADJECTIVE informal ▪ not willing to spend or give much money; miserly …
2tight-fisted — adj mean, stingy, miserly, niggardly, penny pinching, sparing, grasping FORMAL parsimonious COLLOQ. mingy, tight ≠ generous, charitable * * * ▶ adjective (informal) MEAN, miserly, parsimonious, niggardly, close fisted, penny pinching, cheese par …
3tight-fisted — ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe someone as tight fisted, you disapprove of them because they are unwilling to spend money. He had the reputation of being one of the most tight fisted and demanding of employers. ...the government s tight… …
4tight-fisted — tight′ fist′ed or tight′fist′ed adj. cvs parsimonious; stingy • Etymology: 1835–45 tight′ fist′ed•ness, n …
5tight-fisted — tight fist|ed [ˌtaıt ˈfıstıd] adj informal not generous with money = ↑stingy >tight fistedness n [U] …
6tight-fisted — tight fist|ed [ taıt fıstəd ] adjective INFORMAL not generous with money …
7tight-fisted — /tuyt fis tid/, adj. parsimonious; stingy; tight. [1835 45] * * * …
8tight-fisted — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. stingy, frugal, parsimonious, grudging, niggard[ly], miserly, moneygrubbing, avaricious, tight (inf.), cheap (inf.). See parsimony …
9tight-fisted — adjective informal not generous with money; stingy tight fistedness noun (U) …
10tight-fisted — adj stingy, niggardly, miserly, parsimonious, carking, skinflinty; penurious, mean, tight, closefisted; cheap, Sl. chintzy, moneygrubbing, grasping, Rare. illiberal, cheeseparing; scrimping, penny pinching, grudging, begrudging, ungenerous,… …
