tightfisted

adjective

ˈtīt-ˈfi-stəd How to pronounce tightfisted (audio)
Definition of tightfistednext
as in miserly
giving or sharing as little as possible the company is pretty tightfisted when it comes to bonuses

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Recent Examples of tightfisted Dobie’s cantankerous, tightfisted father and sweet, harebrained mother were played by the characters actors Frank Faylen and Florida Friebus. — Margalit Fox, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2022 The ambience reflects Hankey’s tightfisted approach to his seven companies, which include a Toyota dealership, a dealer management software developer and Midway Car Rental, which does a big business renting exotic cars. — Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2021 But most problems that befall condo associations are not from nefarious board members or tightfisted unit owners, said Rolando, the Florida Bar Association’s Condominium and Planned Development Committee co-chair. — Washington Post, 7 July 2021 The Heiress Hunt is about two strong-willed individuals learning to wrest the tightfisted control that has dictated their lives (and their success). — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 1 Apr. 2021 See All Example Sentences for tightfisted
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tightfisted
  1. greedy
  2. selfish
  3. miserly
  4. parsimonious
  5. stingy
  6. ungenerous
  7. tight
  8. penurious
Adjective
  • And speakers have at times pushed back against audience questions that blame all AI adoption on strawman arguments about greedy producers and execs who could afford to pay artists but simply don’t want to.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 9 Nov. 2026
  • The current system also supports contexts of up to 1,024 tokens and proves an integer version of the model under greedy decoding.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of greedy
Adjective
  • Anyone see any think pieces about how Reese is being selfish?
    — Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The film follows an authoritarian regime who have set up a kind of survival game to choose the most selfish (and therefore best) soccer striker from 300 candidates, with the ultimate aim of winning Japan the World Cup.
    — John Bleasdale, Variety, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of selfish
Adjective
  • His performance is a soulless, hollow shell, never once convincing us of Scrooge’s miserly rage or his ultimate redemption.
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 12 Nov. 2026
  • The story follows the miserly businessman as he is visited by a series of supernatural spirits who take him on a journey through his past, present and future, challenging him to reconsider the life he’s been living.
    — Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of miserly
Adjective
  • The pasta—a hair clump of noodles in a soupy, sweetish tomato sauce—came in one of those parsimonious bowls with a small hollow in the middle and a rim as broad as Saturn’s rings.
    — Ruby Tandoh, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
  • This one seemed slow and turgid, and the Australian attack was parsimonious, with only the sixth bowler used, Ash Gardner, going at more than 10 runs an over in her three overs.
    — Paul Newman, New York Times, 5 July 2026
Definition of parsimonious
Adjective
  • From Joe Burrow taking his hot streak to Spain to Josh Allen facing Minnesota’s stingy defense, here are five things to know for Week 9.
    — Andy Scholes, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Williams was extremely efficient for the Bears (6-2) against one of the NFL's stingiest defenses, committing no turnovers, taking just one sack and throwing for 247 yards while completing 71% of his passes.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of stingy
Adjective
  • In my own cautionary tale, Sister needs redemption as much as Scrooge does; events of the past have made her bitter, ungenerous, and generally no fun to be around.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Despite recent increases, the state pension is relatively ungenerous, though Britons do have good private pensions.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of ungenerous
Adjective
  • Covering outdoor spigots and ensuring doors and windows are sealed tight are just a few of the items to check off the list.
    — Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 8 Nov. 2026
  • The surrounding gate offers tighter control over current flow, helping address the challenges of further transistor scaling.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of tight
Adjective
  • The Marlins of course notoriously are among baseball’s cheapest teams, led by penurious owner Bruce Sherman.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 5 Aug. 2026
  • There’s a cast of wanderers, visionaries, and itinerants, the self-educated and self-published, a long lineage of cranks and outcasts, mostly penurious, always opinionated, stretching away into the mists of pseudohistory.
    — Hari Kunzru, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Definition of penurious

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