tightfisted

🇬🇧 UK/'tait'fistid/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

adj.

Unwilling to spend money; miserly or stingy.

吝啬的,小气的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
tightother
+
fistother
+
edpast tense / completed
=tightfisted

Common Collocations

  • 1.tightfisted boss吝啬的老板
  • 2.[tightfisted attitude]小气的态度
  • 3.notoriously tightfisted出了名的吝啬

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    He is so tightfisted that he refuses to tip at restaurants.

  • 2.

    The tightfisted landlord wouldn't spend a penny on repairs.

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