Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

close-fisted

/ˌkləʊsˈfɪstɪd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.73 in modern English

Syllables: close--fist-ed
IPA: /ˌkləʊsˈfɪstɪd/

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

tight-fisted, stingy

Example Sentences

"She was rather close-fisted in money matters and offered him only fifty dollars, but she had to raise her price till it rose to three hundred."

Inflected Forms

more close-fisted (comparative) most close-fisted (superlative)

Synonyms

hard-fisted

Questions

How do you pronounce close-fisted?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌkləʊsˈfɪstɪd/.
What does close-fisted mean?: tight-fisted, stingy

How to pronounce close-fisted

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