Niggardly
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

BAD
Nonstandard; "so-called bad grammar"

4 letters

POOR
People without possessions or wealth (considered as a group); "the urban poor need assistance"

MEAN
Characterized by malice; "a hateful thing to do"; "in a mean mood"

5 letters

CHEAP
Relatively low in price or charging low prices; "it would have been cheap at twice the price"; "inexpensive family restaurants"

SHORT
(of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range; "a short memory"

CLOSE
The concluding part of any performance

TIGHT
(of a contest or contestants) evenly matched; "a close contest"; "a close election"; "a tight game"

6 letters

SAVING
Recovery or preservation from loss or danger; "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives"

SKIMPY
Containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance"

MEASLY
Contemptibly small in amount; "a measly tip"; "the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief"; "a paltry wage"; "almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans"

SPARSE
Not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"

FRUGAL
Avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally"

GREEDY
Wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume; "don't be greedy with the cookies"

LITTLE
(of children and animals) young, immature; "what a big little boy you are"; "small children"

NARROW
A narrow strait connecting two bodies of water

SCRIMY
Dirty and disgusting; "worry about the gossip and secretiveness and other scrimy sides"- Al Hine

STINGY
Unwilling to spend; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds"

SORDID
Meanly avaricious and mercenary; "sordid avarice"; "sordid material interests"

7 letters

MISERLY
(used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity; "a mean person"; "he left a miserly tip"

GASPING

8 letters

GRUDGING
Petty or reluctant in giving or spending; "a niggardly tip"

DESIRING

9 letters

DEFICIENT
Falling short of some prescribed norm; "substandard housing"

DEFECTIVE
Markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior; "defective speech"

10 letters

UNGENEROUS
Unwilling to spend; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds"

ECONOMICAL
Avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally"

INADEQUATE
Lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task; "inadequate training"; "the staff was inadequate"; "she was unequal to the task"

AVARICIOUS
Immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees"

11 letters

CLOSEFISTED
Unwilling to part with money

12 letters

PARSIMONIOUS
Excessively unwilling to spend; "parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses"; "lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence"

CHEESEPARING
Giving or spending with reluctance; "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man"

NARROWMINDED

INSUFFICIENT
Of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement; "insufficient funds"

13 letters

PENNYPINCHING