5
tight(adjective, frugal, stingy, tightfisted, ungenerous)
5
vulgar(adjective, narrow-minded)
5
xenophobic(adjective, discrimination, racism, nationalism)
4
chary(adjective, close, mean, near, cheap)
4
closefisted(adjective, narrow, tight, stingy, miserly)
4
conventional(adjective, moderate, cautious, commonplace, timid)
4
fanatical(hateful, impatient, conservative, prejudiced, bigoted)
4
jaundiced(hateful, impatient, conservative, prejudiced, fanatical)
4
mercenary(selfishness, parsimony)
4
mingy(adjective, narrow, tight, stingy, miserly)
4
near(adjective, close, mean, cheap, narrow)
4
penny-pinching(adjective, close, mean, narrow, tight)
4
tightfisted(adjective, close, mean, narrow, prudent)
3
bigot
3
churlish(adjective, close, mean, cheap, narrow)
3
confined(verb, misjudgment)
3
inflexible(adjective, moderate, rigid, cautious, timid)
3
mean-spirited(adjective, misjudgment)
3
rapacious(adjective, close, mean, near, narrow)
3
rigid
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