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61mean — I v 1. intend, have in mind, have in heart, have in view; contemplate, think of, talk of, dream of; purpose, plan, have plans or intentions, expect; aspire to, hope to, aim to, drive at, strive for, work for, labor for, pursue. 2. meant for made… …
62miserly — adj 1. stingy, niggardly, Rare. illiberal, parsimonious, carking, skinflinty; penurious, mean, tight, tight fisted, closefisted, cheap, Sl. chintzy; mon eygrubbing, grasping, avaricious, greedy, rapacious, covetous; self seeking, mercenary, venal …
63parsimonious — adj stingy, miserly, carking, skin flinty, mean, tight, tight fisted, closefisted, cheap, Sl. chintzy, moneygrubbing, grasping; niggardly, Rare. illiberal, cheeseparing, penurious; scrimping, penny pinching, grudging, begrudging, ungenerous,… …
64petty — adj 1. trivial, paltry, Archaic. pelting, Brit. potty, puny, picayune, niggling, minor; trifling, piddling, fiddling, frivolous, fribble; inconsequential, unimportant, insignificant, inconsiderable, negligible, nugatory, worthless, useless; inane …
65shabby — adj 1. worn, shopworn, threadbare, faded; ragged, raggedy, in rags, tattered, frayed; mangy, ratty, scrubby, scruffy. 2. grungy, dingy, dirty, Inf. grubby, Scot. ourie; impoverished, sorry, down and out, down at the heels, out at the heels or… …
66sordid — adj 1. filthy, dirty, foul, unclean, unwashed, slimy, mucky, feculent, fecal; impure, offensive, fulsome; defiled, polluted, tainted; musty, smelly, rotten, fetid, gone bad, fly blown, maggoty, putrid, purulent, Sl. cruddy; soiled, stained, grimy …
67thrifty — adj 1. frugal, economical, economizing, saving, sparing, chary; provident, prudent, careful, forehanded, unwasteful, conservative, conservant, conservational; scrimping, penny pinching, parsimonious, penurious; miserly, niggardly, stingy, tight,… …
68tight-fisted — adj stingy, niggardly, miserly, parsimonious, carking, skinflinty; penurious, mean, tight, closefisted; cheap, Sl. chintzy, moneygrubbing, grasping, Rare. illiberal, cheeseparing; scrimping, penny pinching, grudging, begrudging, ungenerous,… …
69hard-fisted — hard′fist′ed, adj. stingy; miserly; closefisted …
70close — [adj1] near, nearby abutting, across the street, adjacent, adjoining, approaching, around the corner, at hand, contiguous, convenient, give or take a little*, handy, hard by, immediate, imminent, impending, in spitting distance*, in the ball… …
