close-fisted
Look at other dictionaries:
close-fisted — ► close fisted unwilling to spend money; mean. Main Entry: ↑close … English terms dictionary
close-fisted — index penurious Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
close-fisted — close fistˈed or close handˈed adjective Penurious, covetous • • • Main Entry: ↑close … Useful english dictionary
close-fisted — close fist|ed [ ,klous fıstəd ] adjective INFORMAL not willing to spend your money or give any to anyone: STINGY … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
close-fisted — close fist·ed || ‚kləʊs‚fɪstɪd overly economical, miserly, stingy … English contemporary dictionary
close-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… … English dictionary for students
close-fisted — adjective unwilling to spend money; tight fisted … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
close-fisted — a. Penurious, parsimonious, stingy, miserly, niggardly, mean, close, close handed, curmudgeonly, churlish, illiberal, ungenerous … New dictionary of synonyms
close-fisted — unwilling to spend money; mean. → close … English new terms dictionary
close-fisted — /ˈkloʊs fɪstəd/ (say klohs fistuhd) adjective stingy; miserly …
