HARDFISTED

Meaning of HARDFISTED in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈhärd-ˈfis-təd ]

adjective

Date: circa 1656

1. : stingy , closefisted

2. : hardhanded 2

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HARDFISTED — adjective Date: circa 1656 stingy , closefisted , hardhanded 2
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HARDFISTED — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective 1. a. : having hard or strong hands especially from labor : capable of hard physical labor : …
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HARDFISTED — [hard.fist.ed] adj (ca. 1656) 1: stingy, closefisted 2: hardhanded 2.
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HARDFISTED — adj. Function: adjective Synonyms: STINGY , close, closefisted, hardhanded, narrow-fisted, narrowhearted, niggardly, penny-pinching, tight, tightfisted Antonyms: openhanded
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HARDFISTED — adjective Synonyms: stingy , close, closefisted, hardhanded, narrow-fisted, narrowhearted, niggardly, penny-pinching, tight, tightfisted Antonyms: openhanded
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HARDFISTED — adj. Pronunciation: ' härd- ' fis-t ə d Function: adjective Date: circa 1656 1 : STINGY , CLOSEFISTED 2 : …
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HARDFISTEDNESS — noun see hardfisted
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HARDHANDED — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective : hardfisted • hard·hand·ed·ness noun -es
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HARD-FISTED — — hard-fistedness, hardfistedness , n. /hahrd"fis"tid/ , adj. 1. stingy; miserly; closefisted. 2. tough-minded; ruthless: hard-fisted revolutionists. 3. having hard …
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UNGENEROUS — Synonyms and related words : authoritarian, avaricious, bigot, bigoted, borne, cheap, close, closed, closefisted, constricted, cramped, creedbound, deaf, deaf to …
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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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STINGY — Synonyms and related words : Lenten, Scotch, Spartan, abstemious, ascetic, austere, avaricious, cheap, cheeseparing, chinchy, chintzy, close, closefisted, costive, dwarfed, …
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PINCHING — Synonyms and related words : Siberian, abstraction, algid, annexation, appropriation, arctic, avaricious, below zero, biting, bitter, bitterly cold, bleak, boosting, …
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PENNY PINCHING — Synonyms and related words : avarice, avaricious, cheap, cheapness, cheeseparing, close, closefisted, closefistedness, closeness, hardfisted, hardfistedness, hoarding, illiberal, illiberality, miserliness, …
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NEAR — Synonyms and related words : about, about to be, abutting, accost, adjacent, adjoining, advance, advancing, all but, almost, along toward, …
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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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ILLIBERAL — Synonyms and related words : authoritarian, avaricious, biased, bigot, bigoted, borne, chauvinist, cheap, close, closed, closefisted, constricted, cramped, creedbound, deaf, …
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CLOSEFISTED — Synonyms and related words : avaricious, cheap, clinging, close, grasping, hardfisted, illiberal, keeping, miserly, narrow, near, niggardly, penny-pinching, pinchfisted, pinching, …
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CHEAP — Synonyms and related words : Mickey Mouse, NG, at cost, avaricious, bad, base, beggarly, beneath contempt, beneath one, brummagem, budget, …
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AVARICIOUS — Synonyms and related words : a hog for, acquisitive, all-devouring, avid, bottomless, cheap, close, closefisted, coveting, covetous, devouring, esurient, gluttonous, …
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TOUGH — n. Function: adjective 1 Synonyms: STRONG 2, stalwart, stout, sturdy, tenacious Related Words: flinty, hard, unyielding; resistant, unbreakable, withstanding Idioms: …
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STINGY — adj. Function: adjective being unwilling or showing unwillingness to share with others FF1C; too stingy to tip the waiter FF1E; …
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PINCHING — n. Function: adjective Synonyms: STINGY , cheeseparing, hardfisted, ironfisted, mingy, ||narrow, niggardly, penny-pinching, pinchpenny, tight
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PENNY-WISE — Function: adjective Synonyms: STINGY , cheeseparing, close, closefisted, hardfisted, hardhanded, narrow-fisted, narrowhearted, penny-pinching, save-all
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NARROWHEARTED — Function: adjective Synonyms: STINGY , closefisted, hardfisted, hardhanded, mean, miserly, ||narrow, narrow-fisted, niggardly, penurious Antonyms: openhearted
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NARROW-FISTED — Function: adjective Synonyms: STINGY , closefisted, hardfisted, hardhanded, mean, miserly, ||narrow, narrowhearted, penny-pinching, tightfisted Antonyms: openhanded
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IRONFISTED — adj. Function: adjective 1 Synonyms: STINGY , ||chinchy, close, closefisted, hardfisted, hardhanded, miserly, narrow-fisted, narrowhearted, tightfisted 2 Synonyms: GRIM 3, …
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HARDHANDED — adj. Function: adjective Synonyms: STINGY , closefisted, hardfisted, narrow-fisted, niggardly, penny-pinching, save-all, scrimy, tight, tightfisted Antonyms: openhanded
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COSTIVE — adj. Function: adjective 1 Synonyms: CONSTIPATED , astricted, bound, obstipated 2 Synonyms: STINGY , cheeseparing, close, hardfisted, mean, miserly, niggardly, …
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CLOSEFISTED — adj. Function: adjective Synonyms: STINGY , close, hardfisted, hardhanded, miserly, ||narrow, narrow-fisted, niggardly, penny-pinching, tightfisted Related Words: clinging, clutching, grasping, …
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CHINCHY — Function: adjective Synonyms: STINGY , cheeseparing, close, closefisted, hardfisted, hardhanded, ||narrow, narrow-fisted, niggardly, scrimpy
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