niggardliness nigerdlee nuhs n extreme stinginess Usage(s) Britons got a chuckle when Critic Hannen Swaffer pointed out Baedeker's niggardliness with asterisks for things British. He had made some local political capital of the Columbia River flood by accusing Republicans of niggardliness toward the West. Greed and mismanagement as well as nature's niggardliness have contributed to Algeria's poverty. Synonym(s) meanness minginess niggardness parsimony parsimoniousness tightness tightfistedness closeness