tightfistedness
- n extreme stinginess
- In a community where queer behavior, tightfistedness, sadistic gossip and such were taken for granted, the Wikker family stood out.
- As a result of sharp cutbacks in defense spending, reduced allocations for space programs, federal tightfistedness when it comes to basic research, and a faltering national .
- Understandably, he was not always thanked for his tightfistedness.