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1. penny-pinching
noun. extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily.
Synonyms
- thrift
- frugality
- parsimony
- parsimoniousness
Antonyms
- maximal
- sufficient
- inadequacy
- maximum
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2. penny-pinching
adjective. giving or spending with reluctance.
Synonyms
- skinny
- stingy
- cheeseparing
- near
- close
Antonyms
- charitable
- unselfish
- stinginess
- fat
3. penny-pinch
verb. spend money frugally; spend as little as possible.
Synonyms
- spend
- drop
- expend
Antonyms
- important
- divest
- overspend
- underspend
4. two-a-penny
adjective. of trifling worth.
Synonyms
- tuppeny
- threepenny
- twopenny-halfpenny
- sixpenny
- twopenny
- inexpensive
Antonyms
- tasteful
- superior
- generous
- unsized
5. penny-wise
adjective. thrifty in small matters only.
Antonyms
- improvident
Etymology
- penny (English)
- penning (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- wise (English)
- wis (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
6. dreadful
adjective. ['ˈdrɛdfəl'] causing fear or dread or terror.
Synonyms
- fearsome
- terrible
- frightening
- dreaded
- direful
- fearful
- dread
- alarming
- dire
- horrific
- awful
Antonyms
- ordinary
- mild
- courage
- brave
Etymology
- dredful (Middle English (1100-1500))
7. dreadful
adjective. ['ˈdrɛdfəl'] exceptionally bad or displeasing.
Synonyms
- bad
- atrocious
- unspeakable
- abominable
- painful
- awful
Antonyms
- unafraid
- noble
- bold
- fearlessness
Etymology
- dredful (Middle English (1100-1500))
8. dreadful
adjective. ['ˈdrɛdfəl'] very unpleasant.
Antonyms
- noncritical
Etymology
- dredful (Middle English (1100-1500))
9. penny
noun. ['ˈpɛni'] a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound.
Synonyms
- fractional monetary unit
- quid
- British pound sterling
- British pound
- pound
- Irish punt
- subunit
- punt
- Irish pound
Antonyms
- tail
- obverse
Etymology
- penning (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
10. penny
noun. ['ˈpɛni'] a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit.
Synonyms
- copper
- centime
- coin
- cent
Antonyms
- ride
- pull
- insulator
- reverse
Etymology
- penning (Old English (ca. 450-1100))