Word: niggardly
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Synonyms: niggardly
cheap, mean, miserly, parsimonious, close-fisted, penny-pinching, cheeseparing, grasping, ungenerous, illiberal, stingy, tight, tightfisted, meager, inadequate, scanty, scant, skimpy, paltry, sparse, insufficient, deficient, short, lean, small, slender, poor, miserable, pitiful, puny, measly, pathetic, piddling, grudging
Translations: niggardly
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spanish
Translations:
tacaño, mezquino, mezquina, avaro
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german
Translations:
geizig, knauserig, karg, geizen
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french
Translations:
parcimonieux, pingre, avare, mesquin, avares, mesquine, chichement
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italian
Translations:
taccagno, avaro, avari, avara
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portuguese
Translations:
mesquinho, avarento, avaro, sovina
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dutch
Translations:
gierig, vrekkig, krenterig, karig
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russian
Translations:
скудно, скупо, прижимистый, скудный, скаредный, скупой, скупятся, скуп, скупится
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norwegian
Translations:
gnien, knuslete, smålig, gjerrige
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swedish
Translations:
snålt, njugg, snåla, knappa
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finnish
Translations:
kitsas, saita, niukka
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danish
Translations:
karrig, karrige
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czech
Translations:
skoupý, skoupá, lakomý, skrblický
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polish
Translations:
czarnuch, skąpy, skąpo, wyrachowany, skąpi
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hungarian
Translations:
fukaron, zsugori, zsugorian, fukar, szűkmarkú
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turkish
Translations:
pintice, cimrilik, cimrice, cimrilik eden
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greek
Translations:
φιλάργυρος, πτωχικός, τσιγγούνικος
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ukrainian
Translations:
скупо, жадібно
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albanian
Translations:
kurnac, i kursyer, me koprraci, koprraci, koprracë
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bulgarian
Translations:
скъпернически, стиснат, свидливи, свидливо, мизерен
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belarusian
Translations:
скупа, прагна, паныла, стрымана
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estonian
Translations:
kitsi, Sada, Kitsas
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croatian
Translations:
škrto, stegnuto, škrt, škrtački, oskudan
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lithuanian
Translations:
skurdus, menkai, šykščiai, menkas, Skopulīgs
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latvian
Translations:
skopi, skops, trūcīgi, skopulīgs
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macedonian
Translations:
бедна
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romanian
Translations:
zgârcit, ridicol, de nimic, avar, cărpănos
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slovenian
Translations:
Škrto, Škrt
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slovak
Translations:
skúpy
The meaning and "use of": niggardly
adjective
- not generous; stingy. - serving out the rations with a niggardly hand
- in a stingy or meager manner. - So, while I saw the guests sipping niggardly the punch in their short glasses, I helped myself to a decanter.
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