4
spotty(adjective, disgusting, ugly, few)
4
straitened(adjective, mean, weak, small, ungenerous)
4
subsistence(noun, adjective, mean, weak, money)
4
ungenerously(adverb, mean, greedy, uncharitable)
4
ungiving(adjective, mean, weak, small, ungenerous)
3
Scotch(adjective, greedy, economical, avarice, stint)
3
Scrooge-like(adjective, mean, slang, taboo)
3
abstemious(adjective, mean, prudent, greedy, sparing)
3
begrudging(adjective, mean, greedy, ungiving)
3
bountiful(adjective, mean, amount, greedy, maximum)
3
compact(adjective, small, dumpling, dwarfish)
3
defective(adjective, small, common, insignificant, unimportant)
3
deficiently(adverb, miserable, little, minimum, insufficiently)
3
delicate(adjective, small, dumpling, dwarfish)
3
desirous(adjective, feature, close, mean, character)
3
diminutive(adjective, weak, poor, small, miserable)
3
eager(adjective, feature, close, character, behavior)
3
economizing(adjective, little, avid, ungenerous)
3
extortionate(adjective, mean, near, cheap, narrow)
3
glutton(feature, character, behavior)
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