- Niggardness
- Niggardness Nig"gard*ness, n. Niggardliness. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]
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Niggardness
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niggardness — nig·gard·ness … English syllables
niggardness — noun extreme stinginess • Syn: ↑meanness, ↑minginess, ↑niggardliness, ↑parsimony, ↑parsimoniousness, ↑tightness, ↑tightfistedness, ↑closeness … Useful english dictionary
minginess — n. an extreme stinginess. Syn: meanness, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimony, parsimoniousness, tightfistedness. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
parsimoniousness — n. 1. The quality of being parsimonious; extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily. Syn: parsimony, thrift, penny pinching. [WordNet 1.5] 2. An extreme stinginess. Syn: meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
closeness — noun 1. a feeling of being intimate and belonging together their closeness grew as the night wore on • Syn: ↑intimacy • Derivationally related forms: ↑close • Hypernyms: ↑belonging • … Useful english dictionary
littleness — noun 1. the property of having a relatively small size • Syn: ↑smallness • Ant: ↑bigness, ↑largeness (for: ↑smallness) • Derivationally related forms: ↑lit … Useful english dictionary
meanness — noun 1. the quality of being deliberately mean (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑beastliness • Derivationally related forms: ↑mean, ↑beastly (for: ↑beastliness) • … Useful english dictionary
minginess — noun extreme stinginess • Syn: ↑meanness, ↑niggardliness, ↑niggardness, ↑parsimony, ↑parsimoniousness, ↑tightness, ↑tightfistedness, ↑closeness … Useful english dictionary
miserliness — noun total lack of generosity with money • Derivationally related forms: ↑miserly • Hypernyms: ↑meanness, ↑minginess, ↑niggardliness, ↑niggardness, ↑parsimony, ↑parsimoniousness, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
niggardliness — noun extreme stinginess • Syn: ↑meanness, ↑minginess, ↑niggardness, ↑parsimony, ↑parsimoniousness, ↑tightness, ↑tightfistedness, ↑closeness … Useful english dictionary
