adjective
- unwilling to spend money; stingy
Usage: informal
Examples
- My tightfisted uncle never tips at restaurants.
- The company’s tightfisted approach to employee benefits hurt morale.
- She’s so tightfisted that she reuses tea bags three times.
- Despite his wealth, he remained tightfisted with charitable donations.
- The tightfisted landlord refused to fix the broken heating system.
- Her tightfisted spending habits helped her save for retirement.