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NIGGARDLINESS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extreme stinginess

Synonyms:

closeness; meanness; minginess; niggardliness; niggardness; parsimoniousness; parsimony; tightfistedness; tightness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("niggardliness" is a kind of...):

stinginess (a lack of generosity; a general unwillingness to part with money)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "niggardliness"):

littleness; pettiness; smallness (lack of generosity in trifling matters)

miserliness (total lack of generosity with money)

Derivation:

niggardly (petty or reluctant in giving or spending)

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