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tightwad

/ˈtaɪt.wɒd/

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noun

/ˈtaɪt.wɒd/C1formal
  • ruСуществительное, обозначающее человека, который крайне неохотно тратит деньги, часто считающегося скупым или прижимистым.

A noun referring to a person who is extremely unwilling to spend money, often considered stingy or miserly.

  1. Miserly personB2informalamerican

    A person who is extremely unwilling to spend money; a stingy individual.

    ruСкряга

    • My uncle is such a tightwad; he never tips at restaurants.
    • Don't be a tightwad and buy a round of drinks for your friends.
    • She's known as a tightwad because she reuses tea bags.

    Synonymscheapskatemisermoneygrubberniggardpenny pincherscroogeskinflint

    Antonymsspendthriftsquandererwaster

Forms
  • tightwads plural form
  • tightwads' possessive plural form
  • tightwad's possessive singular form
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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