stiffed
Denied deserved payment
Stiffed is the past tense of stiff, meaning to cheat someone out of payment or tip poorly: The contractor stiffed his workers for three weeks of wages, She stiffed the valet.
It can extend to any failure to deliver what was promised or expected: We got stiffed on the deal.
Deceived for gain
- defraudedIllegally deceived for gain
- connedDeceived for gain
- scammedCheated through deception
- ripped offDefrauded or overcharged
fleeced · bilked · gypped · shortchanged · duped · tricked · deceived · hustled
Person avoiding owed payments
- nonpaymentFailure to settle debts
- walked outExited abruptly in protest
- skippedWent past without stopping
- shortedGave less than owed
owed · left hanging · welched · defaulted · dine and dash · uncompensated · unreimbursed · shafted
Pointedly ignored socially
- ignoredPurposely not noticed
- rejectedRefused or turned away
- spurnedRejected with contempt
- brushed offCurtly dismissed or ignored
dismissed · slighted · rebuffed · disregarded · overlooked · shunned · cut · blanked
swindled
Deceived for gain
ripped off · fleeced · bilked · gypped · shortchanged · duped · tricked · deceived · hustled · taken
deadbeat
Person avoiding owed payments
- nonpaymentFailure to settle debts
- walked outExited abruptly in protest
- skippedWent past without stopping
shorted · owed · left hanging · welched · defaulted · dine and dash · uncompensated · unreimbursed · shafted
cold-shouldered
Pointedly ignored socially
brushed off · dismissed · slighted · rebuffed · disregarded · overlooked · shunned · cut · blanked · frozen out
stiffedcompensated
Paid for service rendered
rewarded · paid · overtipped · made whole · remunerated
- scared stiffImmobilized by extreme fright
- frozen stiffImmobilized by extreme cold
- stiff neckCervical muscle tightness
- bored stiffExtremely uninterested and restless
- stiff upper lipControlled emotional restraint
- stiff peakBeaten whites that stand
stiff, stiffness, stiffly, stiffer, stiffs, stiffing, stiffest, unstiffened, stiffies