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101stingy — adjective, informal you can think I m stingy all you want, I m not giving you a penny Syn: mean, miserly, niggardly, close fisted, parsimonious, penny pinching, cheeseparing, Scroogelike; informal tightfisted, cheap, tight, mingy, money grubbing… …
102tightwad — /ˈtaɪtwɒd/ (say tuytwod) noun Colloquial a close fisted or stingy person. {US English (1900s); tight + wad1 (def. 4) …
103covetous — [adj] greedy; very desirous acquisitive, avaricious, avid, close fisted, eager, ensurient, envious, gluttonous, grabby, grasping, green eyed*, grudging, hogging, itchy*, jealous, keen, mercenary, piggish*, prehensile, rapacious, ravenous, selfish …
104grasping — [adj] greedy acquisitive, avaricious, avid, close fisted, covetous, desirous, extorting, extortionate, grabby*, itchy*, mean, miserly, niggardly*, penny pinching*, penurious, prehensile, rapacious, selfish, stingy*, tightfisted*, usurious, venal; …
105penurious — [adj] stingy avaricious, cheap, chintzy*, close fisted, costive, curmudgeonly, economical, frugal, greedy, hoarding, miserly, parsimonious, penny pinching, pennywise*, pinchpenny*, saving, scrimping, sparing, thrifty, tightfisted, uncharitable,… …
106tight|fist|ed — tight fist|ed or tight|fist|ed «TYT FIHS tihd», adjective. somewhat miserly; stingy; close fisted. SYNONYM(S): parsimonious. –tight´ fist´ed|ness, –tight´fist´ed|ness, noun …
107tight´fist´ed|ness — tight fist|ed or tight|fist|ed «TYT FIHS tihd», adjective. somewhat miserly; stingy; close fisted. SYNONYM(S): parsimonious. –tight´ fist´ed|ness, –tight´fist´ed|ness, noun …
108tight´-fist´ed|ness — tight fist|ed or tight|fist|ed «TYT FIHS tihd», adjective. somewhat miserly; stingy; close fisted. SYNONYM(S): parsimonious. –tight´ fist´ed|ness, –tight´fist´ed|ness, noun …
109tight-fist|ed — or tight|fist|ed «TYT FIHS tihd», adjective. somewhat miserly; stingy; close fisted. SYNONYM(S): parsimonious. –tight´ fist´ed|ness, –tight´fist´ed|ness, noun …
110Latin America, history of — Introduction history of the region from the pre Columbian period and including colonization by the Spanish and Portuguese beginning in the 15th century, the 19th century wars of independence, and developments to the end of World War II.… …
