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pinching
| Main Entry: |
pinching
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stingy |
| Synonyms: | acquisitive, avaricious, chary, cheap, chintzy, churlish, close, close-fisted, costive, covetous, curmudgeonly, economical, extortionate, frugal, grasping, greedy, grudging, hard-fisted, ignoble, illiberal, ironfisted, mean, miserly, narrow, near, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, pennywise, penurious, petty, pinchpenny, rapacious, saving, scrimping, scurvy, selfish, skimping, sordid, sparing, thrifty, tight*, tightfisted, uncharitable, ungenerous, ungiving |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pinch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be stingy |
| Synonyms: | afflict, distress, economize, oppress, pinch pennies, press, scrape, scrimp, skimp, spare, stint |
| Antonyms: | be generous, give, offer |
| Main Entry: | pinch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal |
| Synonyms: | cop, crib*, filch, knock off, lift*, nab, pilfer, purloin, rob, snatch, swipe, take |
| Antonyms: | give, receive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pinch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | arrest |
| Synonyms: | apprehend, bust, collar, detain, hold, nab, pick up*, pull in, run in, take into custody |
| Antonyms: | free, release |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tight |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sealed |
| Synonyms: | airtight, blind, blocked, bolted, choking, clumped, cramping, crushing, cutting, fast, fastened, firm, fixed, hermetic, hermetically sealed, impenetrable, impermeable, impervious, locked, nailed, obstructed, padlocked, pinching, plugged, proof, secure, short, shrunken, shut, skintight, slammed, smothering, snapped, sound, stopped up, tied, tied up, uncomfortable, watertight |
| Notes: | the choice of 'tight' or 'tightly' depends on whether it is the result or the application that is emphasized; if it is an enduring state, you would use 'tight' |
| Antonyms: | loose, open, unsealed, wide |
| Main Entry: | close-fisted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stingy |
| Synonyms: | cheap, close-handed, hard-fisted, mean, miserly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, pinching, tight, tightfisted |
| Main Entry: | costive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stingy |
| Synonyms: | cheap, close, close-fisted, frugal, miserly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, pinching, tight, tightfisted |
| Main Entry: | arrest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take into authorized custody |
| Synonyms: | apprehend, bag*, book, brace*, bust, capture, catch, collar, detain, drop*, gaff, get*, glom, grab*, hook*, imprison, incarcerate, jail, kick*, nab, nail, net*, nick, pick up*, pinch*, pull in, pull*, put the arm on, put the cuffs on, round up, roust, run in, secure*, seize*, sidetrack, snag*, tab, tag*, take in, take prisoner, toss in jail |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | begrudge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wish that someone did not have |
| Synonyms: | be jealous, be reluctant, be stingy, covet, eat one's heart out, envy, grudge, pinch, resent, stint |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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