Dictionary 1. (a.) Excessively sparing in the use of money; sordid; stingy; miserly\.2. (a.) Not bountiful or liberal; scanty. 3. (a.) Destitute of money; suffering extreme want. Thesaurus bankrupt beggared beggarly begrudging cheap chintzy destitute dirt flat broke grudging hard up impecunious impoverished indigent mean mingy miserly near necessitous needy parsimonious penniless penny-pinching pinchpenny poor poverty-stricken shabby sordid stingy thrifty tight tight-fisted tightfisted ungenerous |