niggardliness
91parsimony — n 1. miserliness, niggardliness, penu riousness, meanness, churlishness, nearness; stinginess, tightness, tight fistedness, closefistedness, cheapness, Sl. chintziness; graspingness, avidity, avarice, avariciousness, greed, cupidity, rapacity,… …
92thrift — n economy, husbandry, thrifty management, conservation, prevention of waste; conserving, saving, economizing; thriftiness, frugality, frugalness, sparingness; scrimping, skimping, penny pinching, cutting corners, tightening one s belt, making… …
93niggardly — /ˈnɪgədli/ (say niguhdlee) adjective 1. parsimonious; stingy. 2. meanly small or scanty: a niggardly allowance. –adverb 3. in the manner of a niggard. –niggardliness, noun …
94parsimony — /ˈpasəməni / (say pahsuhmuhnee), Originally US / moʊni/ (say mohnee) noun extreme or excessive economy or frugality; niggardliness. {Middle English, from Latin parsimōnia, parcimōnia, literally, sparingness} Usage: The pronunciation /ˈpasəmoʊni/… …
95avarice — [n] extreme greed avidity, close fistedness*, covetousness, cupidity, frugality, grabbiness, greediness, miserliness, niggardliness, parsimony, pennypinching*, penuriousness, rapacity, stinginess, thrift; concepts 335,410 Ant. generosity,… …
96economy — [n] saving, frugality abridgement, austerity, care, carefulness, caution, curtailment, cutback, decrease, deduction, direction, discretion, husbandry, layoff, meanness, miserliness, moratorium, niggardliness, parcity, parsimony, providence,… …
97frugality — [n] economizing avarice, avariciousness, carefulness, conservation, economy, forehandedness, good management, miserliness, moderation, niggardliness, parsimoniousness, parsimony, penuriousness, providence, prudence, saving, scrimping, stinginess …
98ghen- — ghen English meaning: to crack open, grind, scratch Deutsche Übersetzung: “zernagen, zerreiben, kratzen”, also “Kleines, Bißchen” Material: Only in den extensions ghnēgh : ghnǝgh , ghnǝd(h) , ghnei , ghneu . guttural extension… …
99niggardly — [nig′ərd′lē] adj. 1. like or characteristic of a niggard; stingy; miserly 2. small, few, or scanty, as if given by a niggard [a niggardly sum] adv. in the manner of a niggard; stingily SYN. STINGY1 niggardliness n …
100thrifty — [thrif′tē] adj. thriftier, thriftiest 1. practicing or showing thrift; economical; provident 2. thriving; flourishing; prospering 3. growing vigorously, as a plant thriftily adv. thriftiness n. SYN. THRIFTY implies industry and clever management… …
