| adj. |
| [1] |
stingy
,
mean
,
penny-pinching
,
in straitened circumstances
,
miserly
,
tight
,
pinched
,
tight-fisted
,
close-fisted
,
cheese-paring
,
niggardly
,
cheap
,
ungenerous
,
parsimonious
,
skinflinty
,
thrifty
,
begrudging
,
grudging
,
Scrooge-like
,
(Colloq) near
,
(Brit) mingy
,
(US) chintzy
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| [2] |
poor
,
poverty-stricken
,
destitute
,
impoverished
,
penniless
,
indigent
,
needy
,
impecunious
,
necessitous
,
beggarly
,
bankrupt
,
(Colloq) (dead/flat) broke
,
stony-broke
,
hard up
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