Niggard definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary NIGGARD, n. [straight, narrow; to haggle, to be sordidly parsimonious; exhibiting ... grudgingly. Serve him as a grudging master, As a penurious niggard of his wealth. Be niggards of advice on no pretense. NIGGARD, a. 1. Miserly; meanly covetous; sordidly parsimonious. 2. Sparing; wary. Most free of question , but to our demands Niggard in his reply. NIGGARD, v.t. To stint; to supply sparingly. [Little used.] ...
... A rustic; a countryman, or laborer. 3. A miser; a niggard. Isaiah 32. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a ... selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend [syn: niggard, skinflint, scrooge, churl] 3: a bad-tempered person [syn: grouch ... P. Sidney. 3. A selfish miser; an illiberal person; a niggard. Like to some rich churl hoarding up his pelf. --Drayton ... bumpkin, ploughman, clown. 2. Ill-bred man, surly fellow. 3. Niggard, miser, skinflint, scrimp, curmudgeon, hunks, mean fellow. 1811 Dictionary of ... man, liege subject, looby, lout, low fellow, miser, mucker, muckworm, niggard, nouveau riche, odalisque, parvenu, peasant, penny pincher, peon, pinchfist, pinchgut ...
... a. Meanly covetous or avarcious in dealing with others; stingy; niggard. Where the owner of the house will be bountiful, it ... s 1913 Dictionary Niggardly Nig"gard*ly, adv. In a niggard manner. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary If you describe someone as ... Parsimonious, covetous, stingy, avaricious, miserly, penurious, sordid, mean, illiberal, mercenary, niggard, close, close-fisted. 2. Saving, sparing, chary. Moby Thesaurus Lenten ... jejune, lean, limited, little, meager, mean, meanly, mingy, miserly, narrow, niggard, paltry, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, petty, piddling, pinchpenny, poor, puny ...
... fellow. 2. An extremely covetous person; a sordid wretch; a niggard; one who in wealth makes himself miserable by the fear ... N-COUNT [disapproval] Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. Niggard, curmudgeon, hunks, skinflint, lickpenny, churl, sordid wretch, money-grubber, screw ... curmudgeon, douanier, dunner, exciseman, farmer, gatherer, glutton, hog, magpie, muckworm, niggard, pack rat, penny pincher, pig, piker, pinchfist, pinchgut, pinchpenny, save ...
... propeller. 5. An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint; a niggard. --Thackeray. 6. An instructor who examines with great or unnecessary ... propeller. 5. An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint; a niggard. --Thackeray. 6. An instructor who examines with great or unnecessary ... n Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms I. n. Miser, niggard, curmudgeon, skinflint, extortioner, churl, codger, scrimp, hunks, lickpenny, muckworm, sordid ...
... Dictionary HUNKS, n. A covetous sordid man; a miser; a niggard. Merriam Webster's noun plural but singular in construction Etymology ... n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A covetous, sordid man; a miser; a niggard. Pray make your bargain with all the prudence and selfishness ... hunks. --Gray. Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. Miser, niggard, curmudgeon, codger, lickpenny, skinflint, scrimp, screw, muckworm, sordid wretch, mean ...
... Dictionary CURMUDGEON, n. An avaricious churlish fellow; a miser; a niggard; a churl. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a ... E. miche, micher.] An avaricious, grasping fellow; a miser; a niggard; a churl. A gray-headed curmudgeon of a negro. --W ... COUNT [disapproval] Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. Miser, niggard, churl, hunks, skinflint, scrimp, lickpenny, screw, mean fellow, sordid wretch ...
... 1828 Dictionary PINCH'FIST PINCH'PENNY, n. A miser; a niggard. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Pinchfist Pinch"fist`, n. A closefisted ... Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. ; (also pinchpenny) Miser, niggard, hunks, curmudgeon, skinflint, screw, scrimp.
... propeller. 5. An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint; a niggard. --Thackeray. 6. An instructor who examines with great or unnecessary ... propeller. 5. An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint; a niggard. --Thackeray. 6. An instructor who examines with great or unnecessary ...
... SCRIMP, a. Short; scanty. SCRIMP, n. A pinching miser; a niggard; a close fisted person. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v ... s 1913 Dictionary Scrimp Scrimp, n. A pinching miser; a niggard. [U.S.] Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (scrimps, scrimping, scrimped) If ...
... in force or efficiency). 6. Mean, selfish, narrow, paltry, contemptible, niggard, illiberal, small (in generosity). II. n. 1. Small quantity. 2 ... narrow-minded, narrow-souled, narrow-spirited, nearsighted, nefarious, negligible, negligibly, niggard, niggardly, no, no great shakes, no time, nonessential, not any ...
... Webster's 1828 Dictionary MUCK'ERER, n. A miser; a niggard. [Not used.] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Muckerer Muck"er*er, n. A miser; a niggard. [Obs.]
... selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend [syn: niggard, skinflint, scrooge, churl] Merriam Webster's noun Date: circa 1700 ... flint`, n. [Skin + flint.] A penurious person; a miser; a niggard. --Sir W. Scott. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (skinflints) If you ...