hardfisted
- adjective
- Offensive
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tacaño
- Despite his wealth, the businessman remained hardfisted and rarely donated to charity.
Examples
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He is known for being hardfisted with his money.
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Her hardfisted attitude made it difficult to raise funds for the community project.
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My grandfather was known to be quite hardfisted when it came to spending money.
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My uncle is very hardfisted when it comes to buying gifts.
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Despite his wealth, the businessman remained hardfisted and rarely donated to charity.
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Her hardfisted attitude made it difficult to raise funds for the community project.
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My grandfather was known to be quite hardfisted when it came to spending money.
Synonyms
199
6.5
Not willing to spend money even when needed
45
7.7
Unwilling to spend money
26
5.2
Not willing to spend money or give help to others
15
9.3
Unwilling to give or spend money
3
7.9
Not willing to spend or give money even when they have enough
2
9.9
A person who is unwilling to spend money and avoids buying things
1
8.0
A person who does not like to spend money
1
7.5
Not willing to spend much money
1
9.9
Not willing to give or spend much money
1
9.9
Unwilling to spend money, even for small things
Not willing to spend or give money
Being very unwilling to spend money
Not willing to spend money even when they have it
Not willing to spend money, even for small things
Not willing to spend money or share costs
Not willing to give or share things, especially money
Unwilling to give money or things
Antonyms
How Stingy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hardfisted comes from the words hard and fist, so picture someone holding money in a very tight, hard hand, a closed 'fist' that will not open. That's why hardfisted means 'unwilling to spend or give away money', or stingy.