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All niggardly synonyms

nigΒ·gardΒ·ly
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adjective niggardly

  • esurient β€” Hungry or greedy.
  • gluttonous β€” tending to eat and drink excessively; voracious.
  • gobbling β€” Present participle of gobble.
  • gormandizing β€” Present participle of gormandize.
  • grasping β€” greedy; avaricious: a sly, grasping man.
  • grudging β€” done, arranged, etc., in order to settle a grudge: The middleweight fight was said to be a grudge match.
  • gulping β€” Present participle of gulp.
  • guzzling β€” South Midland and Southern U.S. gozzle.
  • hoggish β€” like or befitting a hog.
  • insatiable β€” not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased: insatiable hunger for knowledge.
  • insatiate β€” insatiable: insatiate greed.
  • intemperate β€” given to or characterized by excessive or immoderate indulgence in alcoholic beverages.
  • omnivorous β€” eating both animal and plant foods.
  • piggish β€” resembling a pig, especially in being slovenly, greedy, or gluttonous: piggish table manners.
  • ravening β€” rapacious; voracious.
  • ravenous β€” extremely hungry; famished; voracious: feeling ravenous after a hard day's work.
  • swinish β€” like or befitting swine; hoggish.
  • voracious β€” craving or consuming large quantities of food: a voracious appetite.
  • defective β€” If something is defective, there is something wrong with it and it does not work properly.
  • incompetent β€” not competent; lacking qualification or ability; incapable: an incompetent candidate.
  • scarce β€” insufficient to satisfy the need or demand; not abundant: Meat and butter were scarce during the war.
  • sketchy β€” like a sketch; giving only outlines or essentials. Synonyms: cursory, rough, meager, crude.
  • unequal β€” not equal; not of the same quantity, quality, value, rank, ability, etc.: People are unequal in their capacities.
  • bare β€” If a part of your body is bare, it is not covered by any clothing.
  • barren β€” A barren landscape is dry and bare, and has very few plants and no trees.
  • bush-league β€” inferior or amateurish; mediocre: a bush-league theatrical performance.
  • depleted β€” reduced or exhausted
  • dry β€” free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet: a dry towel; dry air.
  • failing β€” Slang. an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance: Their app update is a massive fail. the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way: His online post is full of fail. a person who fails in this way.
  • glitch β€” a defect or malfunction in a machine or plan.
  • impotent β€” not potent; lacking power or ability.
  • inappreciable β€” imperceptible; insignificant: an inappreciable difference.
  • inapt β€” not apt or fitting.
  • incapable β€” not capable.
  • incommensurate β€” not commensurate; disproportionate; inadequate: Our income is incommensurate to our wants.
  • inconsiderable β€” small, as in value, amount, or size.
  • insubstantial β€” not substantial or real; lacking substance: an insubstantial world of dreams.
  • junk β€” narcotics, especially heroin.
  • lame β€” an ornamental fabric in which metallic threads, as of gold or silver, are woven with silk, wool, rayon, or cotton.
  • lemon β€” the yellowish, acid fruit of a subtropical citrus tree, Citrus limon.
  • lousy β€” infested with lice.
  • low β€” to utter by or as by lowing.
  • minus β€” less by the subtraction of; decreased by: Ten minus six is four.
  • short β€” having little length; not long.
  • shy β€” bashful; retiring.
  • small β€” of limited size; of comparatively restricted dimensions; not big; little: a small box.
  • sterile β€” free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic: sterile surgical instruments.
  • stinted β€” to be frugal; get along on a scanty allowance: Don't stint on the food. They stinted for years in order to save money.
  • stunted β€” slowed or stopped abnormally in growth or development.
  • thin β€” having relatively little extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thick: thin ice.
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