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pinching

ADJECTIVE

stingy

Synonyms

STRONG

close grasping grudging mean narrow near penny-pinching saving scrimping skimping sparing

WEAK

acquisitive avaricious chary cheap chintzy churlish close-fisted costive covetous curmudgeonly economical extortionate frugal greedy hard-fisted ignoble illiberal ironfisted miserly parsimonious pennywise penurious petty pinchpenny rapacious scurvy selfish sordid thrifty tight tightfisted uncharitable ungenerous ungiving

Antonyms

STRONG

generous spendthrift unselfish wasting

Example Sentences

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With prices for everything from groceries to gas climbing, Americans are pinching pennies and making hard choices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

On top of a sudden CEO departure in February, HP has been dealing with the rising cost of memory pinching margins.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

As food inflation persists, many of us have been pinching pennies in our grocery budgets.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2026

Following the demolition, Cowlin said there had been incidents of people claiming they were her gardener, or even her grandchildren, and pinching things.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026

I cross the living room, pinching myself to make sure I’m not dreaming.

From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick

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