tight-fisted
31tight´-fist´ed|ness — tight fist|ed or tight|fist|ed «TYT FIHS tihd», adjective. somewhat miserly; stingy; close fisted. SYNONYM(S): parsimonious. –tight´ fist´ed|ness, –tight´fist´ed|ness, noun …
32tight-fist|ed — or tight|fist|ed «TYT FIHS tihd», adjective. somewhat miserly; stingy; close fisted. SYNONYM(S): parsimonious. –tight´ fist´ed|ness, –tight´fist´ed|ness, noun …
33tight — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. close, compact, hermetic, impervious; snug, close fitting; hemmed in; strict, stringent; scarce, in short supply; informal, stingy, parsimonious; slang, intoxicated, inebriated, loaded. See closure …
34tight — a. 1. Compact, firm, firmly held together. 2. Close, fast, not open, not leaky. 3. Close fitting, not loose. 4. Tense, stretched, taught. 5. Close. 6. Whole, neat. 7. (Colloq.) Fuddle …
35hard-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,… …
36narrow-fisted — /nar oh fis tid/, adj. tight fisted. * * * …
37close-fisted — adjective unwilling to spend money; tight fisted …
38narrow-fisted — | ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective : closefisted * * * /nar oh fis tid/, adj. tight fisted …
39close-fisted — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Ungenerously or pettily reluctant to spend money: cheap, close, costive, hard fisted, mean2, miserly, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious, penny pinching, penurious, petty, pinching, stingy, tight, tightfisted. See… …
40ham fisted — Canadian Slang Something that is so unbelievably tight that the person who installed it has hams for fists …
