| 单词 | closefisted |
| 释义 | closefisted (once / 454589 pages) adj If you're so stingy that you can't stand to spend any money, not even to buy your adorable little cousin an ice cream cone, you are closefisted. People who prefer to hang onto their money are closefisted, especially if they aren't generous to others. You might also describe them as penny-pinching or call them tightwads. All of these terms provide clear images of hands clutching money tightly inside them — closefisted came first, around 1800, and tightwad followed about a hundred years later. The opposite of being closefisted, fittingly, is to be openhanded. WORD FAMILYclosefisted USAGE EXAMPLESThese games are going to be tightfisted and closefisted. Seattle Times(Jun 02, 2011) He was naturally a closefisted man, and bad business had made him more miserly than ever. Stratemeyer, Edward, Leo the Circus Boy(2011) Whatever an air of indifference he would assume in his grandee role of "art collector," yet in most other matters he was inveterately closefisted. Myers, Gustavus, Great Fortunes from Railroads(2010) adj unwilling to part with money Syn hardfisted, tightfisted stingy, ungenerous unwilling to spend |
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