Niggardly - English meaning

adjective

Having or showing an extreme greed for wealth or material gain.

Usage examples:

Avaricious corporate bosses looking to maximize profits

adjective

Showing an extremely strong wish to get or keep money or possessions

Usage examples:

The idea is to shift the bad debts of the avaricious and the greedy onto the shoulders of middle-cl…

adjective

Only a short distance away or apart in space or time.

Usage examples:

The hotel is close to the sea

adverb

Very near to someone or something; with very little space between.

Usage examples:

They stood close to the door

noun

Another term for high (sense 7 of the adjective).

adjective

Avaricious; greedy.

Usage examples:

They were regarded as grasping landlords

verb

Seize and hold firmly.

Usage examples:

She grasped the bottle

adjective

Always eager to get more of something, esp. money

Usage examples:

He’s a grasping, insensitive executive.

adjective

Having an excessive desire or appetite for food.

Usage examples:

He's scoffed the lot, the greedy pig

adjective

Wanting a lot more food, money, etc. than you need

Usage examples:

Greedy, selfish people, he's greedy for power/success., they tested the algorithm against the so-ca…

adjective

Opposed to liberal principles; restricting freedom of thought or behaviour.

Usage examples:

Illiberal and anti-democratic policies

adjective

Limiting freedom of expression, thought, behaviour, etc.

Usage examples:

Illiberal policies

verb

Intend to convey or refer to (a particular thing); signify.

Usage examples:

I don't know what you mean

adjective

Unwilling to give or share things, especially money; not generous.

Usage examples:

She felt mean not giving a tip

noun

The value obtained by dividing the sum of several quantities by their number; an average.

Usage examples:

Acid output was calculated by taking the mean of all three samples

adjective

Mean.

Usage examples:

You've been too mingy with the sunscreen

adjective

Not generous and unwilling to give money

Usage examples:

I only gave five pounds towards his present - do you think that was a bit mingy?, i hate that resta…

adjective

Of or characteristic of a miser.

Usage examples:

His miserly great-uncle proved to be worth nearly £1 million

adjective

Like or typical of a miser

Usage examples:

A miserly person, the workers are paid a miserly $2 a day.

adjective

Mainly interested in money and doing everything possible to get it

Usage examples:

They see their bosses as money-grubbing robots and not as coworkers., he was the top money-grubber …

adjective

Very unwilling to spend money or use resources.

Usage examples:

Even the parsimonious joe paid for drinks all round

adjective

Unwilling to spend money; miserly.

Usage examples:

Being frugal doesn't mean you have to turn into a penny pinching miser

noun

Unwillingness to spend money.

Usage examples:

This penny-pinching has exposed the bridge's steelwork to corrosion

adjective

Unwilling to spend money

Usage examples:

Workers decided to take a stand against management's penny-pinching approach to resources., the tra…

adjective

Extremely poor; poverty-stricken.

Usage examples:

A penurious old tramp

adjective

Extremely poor

adjective

Mean; ungenerous.

Usage examples:

His boss is stingy and idle

adjective

Not generous, or unwilling to spend money

Usage examples:

Some bankers are stingy in lending to small businesses.

adjective

Fixed, fastened, or closed firmly; hard to move, undo, or open.

Usage examples:

She twisted her handkerchief into a tight knot

adverb

Very firmly, closely, or tensely.

Usage examples:

He went downstairs, holding tight to the bannisters

adjective

Infml unwilling to spend money

adjective

Not generous; mean.

Usage examples:

He was not an ungenerous man