cheeseparing
Miserly beyond reason
Cheeseparing is excessive frugality or stinginess—the kind that saves trivial amounts at the cost of dignity or common sense.
The image is of someone scraping the last bits from a rind of cheese.
As an adjective, it describes miserly behavior: cheeseparing budget cuts, a cheeseparing landlord who wouldn't fix the heating.
Excessively reluctant to spend
- tightfistedUnwilling to spend freely
- niggardlyExtremely reluctant to spend
- penuriousExcessively frugal or poor
- closefistedReluctant to give money
pinchpenny · skinflint · mean · ungenerous · grudging · grasping · covetous · avaricious
Extreme reluctance to spend
- thriftyPrudent with resources
- economicalUsing resources sparingly
- sparingUsing resources minimally
- prudentExercising sound judgment
budget-conscious · scrimping · skimping · saving · careful · provident · judicious · resourceful
Reducing expenditures deliberately
- cutbacksReductions in spending
- retrenchmentReduction of expenditures
- cost-cuttingReducing expenditures deliberately
- downsizingReducing workforce or scale
budgeting · trimming · reducing · economizing · streamlining · tightening · rationing · curtailing
miserly
Excessively reluctant to spend
- tightfistedUnwilling to spend freely
- niggardlyExtremely reluctant to spend
- penuriousExcessively frugal or poor
closefisted · pinchpenny · skinflint · mean · ungenerous · grudging · grasping · covetous · avaricious · hoarding
penny-pinching
Extreme reluctance to spend
- thriftyPrudent with resources
- economicalUsing resources sparingly
- sparingUsing resources minimally
prudent · budget-conscious · scrimping · skimping · saving · careful · provident · judicious · resourceful · cost-conscious
belt-tightening
Reducing expenditures deliberately
- cutbacksReductions in spending
- retrenchmentReduction of expenditures
- cost-cuttingReducing expenditures deliberately
downsizing · budgeting · trimming · reducing · economizing · streamlining · tightening · rationing · curtailing · bare-bones
- stinginessstinginess, miserliness, miserly, penny-pinching, stingy
cheeseparingextravagance
Excessive, wasteful spending
lavishness · prodigality · wastefulness · profligacy · squandering
cheeseparinggenerosity
Readiness to give freely
generous · openhandedness · openhanded · largesse · openheartedness