Definition of niggard

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Niggard (a.) Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; stingy.

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Dry-fisted :: Dry-fisted (a.) Niggardly.
Churlish :: Churlish (a.) Like a churl; rude; cross-grained; ungracious; surly; illiberal; niggardly.
Narrow :: Narrow (superl.) Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
Pinch :: Pinch (v. i.) To spare; to be niggardly; to be covetous.
Curmudgeonly :: Curmudgeonly (a.) Like a curmudgeon; niggardly; churlish; as, a curmudgeonly fellow..
Hidebound :: Hidebound (a.) Niggardly; penurious.
Skinflint :: Skinflint (n.) A penurious person; a miser; a niggard.
Illiberal :: Illiberal (a.) Not liberal; not free or generous; close; niggardly; mean; sordid.
Miserly :: Miserly (a.) Like a miser; very covetous; sordid; niggardly.
Curmudgeon :: Curmudgeon (n.) An avaricious, grasping fellow; a miser; a niggard; a churl..
Parsimony :: Parsimony (n.) Closeness or sparingness in the expenditure of money; -- generally in a bad sense; excessive frugality; niggardliness.
Strait-jacket :: Strait-handed (a.) Parsimonious; sparing; niggardly.
Sordid :: Sordid (a.) Meanly avaricious; covetous; niggardly.
Scantle :: Scantle (v. t.) To scant; to be niggard of; to divide into small pieces; to cut short or down.
Niggardise :: Niggardise (n.) Niggardliness.
Tenacious :: Tenacious (a.) Niggardly; closefisted; miserly.
Hard-fisted :: Hard-fisted (a.) Close-fisted; covetous; niggardly.
Scanty :: Scanty (a.) Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious.
Miserable :: Miserable (a.) Avaricious; niggardly; miserly.
Generous :: Generous (a.) Open-handed; free to give; not close or niggardly; munificent; as, a generous friend or father..
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