| niggard Silas Marner cheapskate cheeseparing churl close curmudgeon grudging mean mingy miser miserly muckworm niggardly penny pincher penny-pinching penurious pinchfist pinchgut pinchpenny save-all scrooge shabby skinflint sordid stiff tight tightwad |
| grudging apathetic backward balking balky begrudging covetous desirous of dilatory envious envying green with envy indifferent invidious jealous laggard loath mean mingy niggard niggardly penurious perfunctory pinchpenny reluctant renitent restive shabby slow slow to sordid unenthusiastic unzealous |
| penurious bankrupt beggared beggarly begrudging cheap chintzy destitute dirt flat broke grudging hard up impecunious impoverished indigent mean mingy miserly near necessitous needy niggard niggardly parsimonious penniless penny-pinching pinchpenny poor poverty-stricken shabby sordid stingy thrifty tight tight-fisted tightfisted ungenerous |