All ironfisted synonyms

adj ironfisted

• barbarous — If you describe something as barbarous, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is rough and uncivilized.
• malevolent — wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; ill-disposed; malicious: His failures made him malevolent toward those who were successful.
• merciless — without mercy; having or showing no mercy; pitiless; cruel: a merciless critic.
• ungenerous — stingy; niggardly; miserly: an ungenerous portion; an ungenerous employer.
• penny-pinching — a miserly, niggardly, or stingy person.
• revengeful — determined to have revenge; vindictive.
• severe — harsh; unnecessarily extreme: severe criticism; severe laws.
• stern — rear of boat
• stony — full of or abounding in stones or rock: a stony beach.
• surly — churlishly rude or bad-tempered: a surly waiter. Synonyms: sullen, uncivil, brusque, irascible, splenetic, choleric, cross; grumpy, grouchy, crabby.
• unfeeling — not feeling; devoid of feeling; insensible or insensate.
• unmerciful — merciless; relentless; severe; cruel; pitiless.
• unsympathetic — characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate: a sympathetic listener.
• hard-hearted — unfeeling; unmerciful; pitiless.
• acquisitive — If you describe a person or an organization as acquisitive, you do not approve of them because you think they are too concerned with getting new possessions.
• avaricious — An avaricious person is very greedy for money or possessions.
• chary — If you are chary of doing something, you are fairly cautious about doing it.
• cheap — Goods or services that are cheap cost less money than usual or than you expected.
• chintzy — Something that is chintzy is decorated or covered with chintz.
• churlish — Someone who is churlish is unfriendly, bad-tempered, or impolite.
• close — When you close something such as a door or lid or when it closes, it moves so that a hole, gap, or opening is covered.
• covetous — A covetous person has a strong desire to possess something, especially something that belongs to another person.
• economical — avoiding waste or extravagance; thrifty: an economical meal; an economical use of interior space.
• grasping — greedy; avaricious: a sly, grasping man.
• ignoble — of low character, aims, etc.; mean; base: his ignoble purposes.
• illiberal — narrowminded; bigoted.
• mean — to intend for a particular purpose, destination, etc.: They were meant for each other. Synonyms: destine, foreordain.
• narrow — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
• near — close; to a point or place not far away: Come near so I won't have to shout.
• parsimonious — characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.
• penurious — extremely stingy; parsimonious; miserly.
• rapacious — given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed.
• saving — tending or serving to save; rescuing; preserving.
• sordid — morally ignoble or base; vile: sordid methods.
• sparing — kept in reserve, as for possible use: a spare part.
• tightfisted — parsimonious; stingy; tight.
• uncharitable — deficient in charity; unkind; harsh; unforgiving; censorious; merciless: an uncharitable attitude; an uncharitable neighbor.
• close-fisted — very careful with money; mean
• costive — having constipation; constipated
• curmudgeonly — If you describe someone as curmudgeonly, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered.
• grudging — done, arranged, etc., in order to settle a grudge: The middleweight fight was said to be a grudge match.
• pinchpenny — a miser or niggard.
• scurvy — Pathology. a disease marked by swollen and bleeding gums, livid spots on the skin, prostration, etc., due to a diet lacking in vitamin C.
• gave — simple past tense of give.
• niggard — an excessively parsimonious, miserly, or stingy person.
• niggardly — reluctant to give or spend; stingy; miserly.
• hard-fisted — stingy; miserly; closefisted.
• tight — firmly or closely fixed in place; not easily moved; secure: a tight knot.
• gratuitous — given, done, bestowed, or obtained without charge or payment; free; voluntary.
• hardhearted — unfeeling; unmerciful; pitiless.