TIGHTFISTED

Meaning of TIGHTFISTED in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈtīt-ˈfis-təd ]

adjective

Date: 1844

: reluctant to part with money

• tight·fist·ed·ness -nəs noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary. Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster. 2003

TIGHTFISTED — adjective Date: 1844 reluctant to part with money, ~ness noun
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TIGHTFISTED — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective : reluctant to part with money : wary about expenditures must be eagle-eyed and tightfisted about these expenditures …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TIGHTFISTED — adj. miserly, stingy
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TIGHTFISTED — [tight.fist.ed] adj (1844): reluctant to part with money -- tight.fist.ed.ness n
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TIGHTFISTED — tightfisted BrE AmE ˌtaɪt ˈfɪst ɪd ◂ -əd
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TIGHTFISTED — adj. Function: adjective Synonyms: STINGY , cheeseparing, close, closefisted, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, tight Related Words: grudging, mean, shabby
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
TIGHTFISTED — adjective Synonyms: stingy , cheeseparing, close, closefisted, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, tight Related Word: grudging, mean, shabby
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TIGHTFISTED — Скупой
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TIGHTFISTED — Скуп
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TIGHTFISTED — Прижимистый
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TIGHTFISTED — Прижимист
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TIGHTFISTED — adj. скаредный, скупой
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
TIGHTFISTED — adj. скаредный, скупой
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
TIGHTFISTED — скаредный, скупой
English-Russian vocab
TIGHTFISTED — adj. Pronunciation: ' t ī t- ' fis-t ə d Function: adjective Date: 1844 : reluctant to part with money …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
TIGHTFISTEDNESS — noun see: tightfisted
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CLOSEFISTED — adjective Date: 1608 stingy , tightfisted
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
STINGY — I. ˈstinjē, -ji adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: probably from (assumed) English dialect stinge, n., sting + English -y; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CLOSEFISTED — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective : not openhanded or liberal : tightfisted , close closefisted deacons objecting to expenses Synonyms: see stingy
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TIGHTFISTEDNESS — see tightfisted
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CLOSEFISTED — adjective Date: 1608 : stingy , tightfisted
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CLOSEFISTED — [close.fist.ed] adj (1608): stingy, tightfisted
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-FISTED — [-fist.ed] comb form: having (such or so many) fists "two-fisted" "tightfisted"
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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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STINGY — Synonyms and related words : Lenten, Scotch, Spartan, abstemious, ascetic, austere, avaricious, cheap, cheeseparing, chinchy, chintzy, close, closefisted, costive, dwarfed, …
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SCANT
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