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21penurious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. stingy, mean, miserly. See parsimony. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. stingy, mean, frugal, niggardly; see stingy . See Synonym Study at stingy . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. miserly, stingy,… …
22miserly — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. stingy, covetous, parsimonious, close fisted; see stingy . See Synonym Study at stingy . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. hoarding, cheap, penny pinching, tight, money grubbing, misanthropic, stingy, parsimonious,… …
23severity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Strictness Nouns 1. severity; strictness, harshness, rigor, stringency, austerity, straight face; ill treatment; inclemency, pitilessness, arrogance. See insolence, violence, authority. 2. (strict rule)… …
24Sailor Steve Costigan — Infobox character colour = colour text = name = Steve Costigan series = caption = 2007 e book edition cover first = The Pit of the Serpent (July 1929) last = creator = Robert E. Howard nickname = gender = Male specialty = Boxing occupation = Able …
25niggardly — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. cheap, stingy, miserly, close, parsimonious, ungenerous; grudging; tight; mean. See parsimony, unimportance. Ant., generous. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. miserly, parsimonious, stingy; see greedy 1 …
26petty — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. trivial, unimportant, small, mean, trifling; contemptible, spiteful. See unimportance. Ant., serious, major, important. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Trivial] Syn. small, insignificant, frivolous; see… …
27stingy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. penurious, miserly, niggardly, near, tight, close; scanty, meager. See parsimony. Ant., generous. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. parsimonious, niggardly, miserly, penurious, close, closefisted, sordid …
28cheap — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Low in relative price] Syn. inexpensive, low priced, reasonable, economical, affordable, moderate, family size, economy size, economy, budget, utility (grade), reduced, marked down, discounted, depreciated, slashed,… …
29niggard — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. tightwad, Scrooge, skinflint; see miser 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I noun A stingy person: miser, Scrooge, skinflint. Informal: penny pincher. Slang: cheapskate, stiff, tightwad. See GIVE. II adjective Ungenerously or… …
30parsimonious — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. stingy, selfish, tight, frugal; see greedy 1 , stingy . See Synonym Study at stingy . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [PAR suh MOH nee us] miserly, stingy. The parsimonious old fool recycled… …
