CHINCHY

Meaning of CHINCHY in English

adjective

Synonyms: stingy , cheeseparing, close, closefisted, hardfisted, hardhanded, ||narrow, narrow-fisted, niggardly, scrimpy

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CHINCHY — ˈchinchē adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English, from chinche miser, miserly (from Old French chinche, chiche, from — assumed …
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CHINCHY — /chin"chee/ , adj., chinchier, chinchiest . Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. stingy; miserly; cheap. [ 1400-50; late ME, deriv. of …
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CHINCHY — Function: adjective Synonyms: STINGY , cheeseparing, close, closefisted, hardfisted, hardhanded, ||narrow, narrow-fisted, niggardly, scrimpy
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CHINTZY — I. ˈchin(t)sē, -si adjective ( usually -er/-est ) Etymology: chintz (I) + -y 1. : decorated with or like chintz …
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CHINTZY — /chint"see/ , adj., chintzier, chintziest . 1. of, like, or decorated with chintz. 2. cheap, inferior, or gaudy. 3. stingy; …
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TIGHT — Synonyms and related words : Spartan, abbreviated, abridged, afflicted, airtight, all ataunto, anal, angustifoliate, angustirostrate, angustisellate, angustiseptal, aposiopestic, arduous, ataunt, …
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THIN — Synonyms and related words : Lenten, Sanforize, Sanforized, Spartan, a bit thick, a bit thin, abate, abrade, abstemious, abstract, absurd, …
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STINGY — Synonyms and related words : Lenten, Scotch, Spartan, abstemious, ascetic, austere, avaricious, cheap, cheeseparing, chinchy, chintzy, close, closefisted, costive, dwarfed, …
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SPRINKLED — Synonyms and related words : bespangled, blotched, blotchy, cheeseparing, chinchy, chintzy, dotted, dotty, dusted, exiguous, flea-bitten, flecked, fleckered, frecked, freckled, …
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SPOTTY — Synonyms and related words : bad, bespangled, bespeckled, blotched, blotchy, brindled, broken, broken off, capricious, careening, catchy, cheeseparing, chinchy, chintzy, …
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SPARSE — Synonyms and related words : almost unheard-of, at a premium, broadcast, cheeseparing, chinchy, chintzy, diffuse, discrete, dispersed, dispread, disseminated, dissipated, …
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SLIM — Synonyms and related words : Lenten, Spartan, abstemious, adroit, airy, ascetic, attenuate, attenuated, austere, barebones, bean pole, beanstalk, boyish, broomstick, …
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SKIMPY — Synonyms and related words : Lenten, Spartan, abstemious, ascetic, austere, cheeseparing, chinchy, chintzy, deficient, dwarfed, dwarfish, exiguous, failing, frugal, impoverished, …
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SKIMPING — Synonyms and related words : Scotch, canny, careful, chary, cheeseparing, chinchy, chintzy, conserving, cooling, cooling down, cooling off, culpably negligent, …
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SCRIMPY — Synonyms and related words : cheeseparing, chinchy, close, deficient, exiguous, failing, inadequate, insufficient, mean, narrow, niggardly, poor, scant, scanty, scarce, …
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SCRIMPING — Synonyms and related words : Scotch, canny, careful, chary, cheeseparing, chinchy, chintzy, conserving, cooling, cooling down, cooling off, curtailment, cutback, …
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SCATTERED
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SCARCE — Synonyms and related words : almost unheard-of, at a premium, barely, cheeseparing, chinchy, chintzy, curtailed, deficient, exiguous, failing, few, hardly, …
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SCANTY — Synonyms and related words : Lenten, Spartan, abstemious, angustifoliate, angustirostrate, angustisellate, angustiseptal, arrested, ascetic, at a premium, austere, barely sufficient, …
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SCANT
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RARE — Synonyms and related words : a cut above, above, admirable, adulterated, ahead, airy, almost unheard-of, another, ascendant, at a premium, …
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POOR
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PIDDLING — Synonyms and related words : Mickey Mouse, cheeseparing, chinchy, chintzy, cramped, dinky, exiguous, half-pint, infrequent, jerkwater, knee-high, limited, little, meager, …
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NIGGARDLY — Synonyms and related words : Lenten, Spartan, abstemious, ascetic, austere, bountiful, cheeseparing, chinchy, chintzy, close, closefisted, closefistedly, dwarfed, dwarfish, exiguous, …
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NARROW
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MISERLY — Synonyms and related words : Lenten, Spartan, a hog for, abject, abstemious, acquisitive, all-devouring, ascetic, austere, avaricious, avid, bottomless, cheap, …
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MEAGER — Synonyms and related words : Lenten, Lilliputian, Spartan, Tom Thumb, abstemious, angular, angustifoliate, angustirostrate, angustisellate, angustiseptal, ascetic, austere, bare, bony, …
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INFREQUENT — Synonyms and related words : almost unheard-of, cheeseparing, chinchy, chintzy, exiguous, meager, miserly, niggardly, piddling, poor, rare, scant, scanty, scarce, …
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EXIGUOUS — Synonyms and related words : Lenten, Spartan, abstemious, ascetic, austere, cheeseparing, chinchy, chintzy, cramped, dinky, dwarfed, dwarfish, frugal, half-pint, impoverished, …
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CHINTZY — Synonyms and related words : beat-up, bedraggled, blowzy, careless, cheeseparing, chinchy, dilapidated, drabbletailed, draggled, draggletailed, exiguous, frowzy, frumpish, frumpy, grubby, …
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CHEESEPARING — Synonyms and related words : Scotch, canny, careful, chary, cheap, chinchy, chintzy, close, closefisted, conserving, cooling, cooling down, cooling off, …
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