All niggardly synonyms
nigΒ·gardΒ·ly
N n 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.