ANT. _Attestation, verification, signature; genuineness._
=Forget.= Consign to oblivion, overlook; slight, neglect, cease to care
for; unlearn, pretermit, obliterate.
ANT. _Acquire, learn, recollect, remember, retain, treasure, mind._
=Forgetful.= Apt to forget; negligent, inattentive, careless, heedless,
neglectful, mindless.
ANT. _Attentive, retentive, careful, mindful._
=Forgetfulness.= Aptness to forget; failure of memory; negligence,
inattention, carelessness, heedlessness; oblivion.
ANT. _Retentiveness, recollection, recalling._
=Forgotten.= Unremembered, bygone, slighted, overlooked, obsolete,
neglected, disregarded.
ANT. _Remembered, present, treasured, cherished, guarded, regarded._
=Forlorn.= Deserted, forsaken, solitary, abandoned, lost, friendless;
wretched, miserable, pitiable, destitute, desolate; helpless,
comfortless, disconsolate, wobegone; hapless, luckless; lone, lonesome.
ANT. _Supported, cherished, attended, protected, befriended, cheered._
=Form=, _n._ Shape, figure, configuration, mold, fashion, cast, cut;
mode, method, formula, formulary, ritual; manner, system, sort, kind,
order; regularity, arrangement; shapeliness, ceremony, formality,
ceremonial; conventionality, etiquette; pattern, model; mere appearance,
empty show.
=Form=, _v._ Shape, mold, fashion, constitute, arrange, frame,
construct, contrive, conceive, make, produce, create, devise, invent,
compose, dispose, combine.
ANT. _Deform, dislocate, distort, derange, disintegrate, dismember,
dissipate, disorganize, analyze._
=Formal.= Express, explicit, positive, strict, official; regular, set,
methodical, fixed, rigid, stiff; ceremonious, precise, punctilious,
starched, prim, exact; essential, constitutive; external; complete,
shapely, sufficient, affected, correct, stately, dignified, pompous.
ANT. _Incomplete, irregular, informal, incorrect, inadequate, easy,
unassuming, unceremonious._
=Formalism.= Rigidity, parade, ceremoniousness, pomposity, externalism,
punctilio.
ANT. _Simplicity, unaffectedness, unostentatiousness,
unceremoniousness._
=Formality.= Custom, established mode; ceremony, etiquette,
conventionality, mere form; parade, affectation, punctiliousness,
stateliness.
ANT. _Informality; unceremoniousness, unconventionality; originality._
=Formation.= Creation, production; composition, constitution;
arrangement, disposal, combination, disposition; construction, shape,
structure.
=Former.= Anterior, antecedent, previous, prior, preceding, foregoing;
quondam, late, old-time; past, bygone, foregone, previous; first-named,
first-mentioned; earlier, ancient.
ANT. _Subsequent, succeeding, posterior, latter, modern, coming,
future._
=Formidable.= Terrible, redoubted, tremendous, dangerous; awful,
alarming, terrifying, discouraging, appalling, serious, horrible,
dreadful, fearful, shocking.
ANT. _Light, trivial; feeble, harmless, contemptible, powerless,
despicable, weak, helpless._
=Forthwith.= Instantly, directly, immediately, without delay,
instantaneously.
ANT. _Hereafter, soon, by-and-by, presently._
=Fortification.= Fort, stronghold, fortress, fastness, castle, citadel;
bulwark, fortified place.
=Fortify.= Protect, surround; reinforce, brace, stiffen, strengthen;
confirm, corroborate; garrison, intrench.
ANT. _Weaken, dismantle; invalidate._
=Fortitude.= Endurance, heroism, resolution, courage; firmness,
patience; bravery; calmness, resignation, hardihood, composure,
stoicism.
ANT. _Impatience, timidity, flinching, irritation, faintness, delicacy,
effeminacy, womanishness, childishness._
=Fortuitous.= Accidental, casual, contingent, chance, incidental,
undesigned.
ANT. _Purposed, planned, designed; anticipated, foreseen._
=Fortunate.= Favored, lucky, successful, prosperous, happy, felicitous,
propitious, auspicious, favorable, advantageous, providential.
ANT. _Miserable, unhappy, unlucky, ill-starred, unfortunate, wretched,
woful, fallen, infelicitous, broke, crushed._
=Fortune.= Chance, accident, luck, hap, casualty, fortuity; livelihood;
estate, substance, property, possessions; wealth, affluence, riches,
opulence; destiny, fate, destination, doom, star, lot; issue, result,
event; success.
ANT. _Design, purpose; misfortune, ill luck, poverty; inception, cause,
failure._
=Forward=, _a._ Onward, progressive, advancing; front, fore, anterior;
ready, prompt, eager, willing, zealous, earnest; presumptuous,
confident, bold, impertinent, pert, assuming, flippant; early,
premature; obtrusive, anxious, self-assertive.
ANT. _Tardy, reluctant, retiring, backward, slow, modest, indifferent._
=Forward=, _v._ Support, foster, advance, promote, further, encourage,
aid, favor, help; hasten, accelerate, quicken, speed, hurry, despatch,
expedite; transmit, send on, ship.
ANT. _Retard, delay, prevent, hinder, frustrate._
=Foul.= Impure, nasty, dirty, unclean, squalid, filthy, tarnished,
soiled, stained, polluted, sullied; disgusting, loathsome, offensive,
noisome; dishonorable, unfair, sinister, underhanded; base, scandalous,
infamous, vile, wicked, dark, abominable, detestable, disgraceful,
shameful; vulgar, coarse, low; abusive, insulting, scurrilous; thick,
turbid, muddy; stormy, cloudy, rainy; entangled, tangled.
ANT. _Pure, uncorrupt, unstained, undefiled, uncontaminated, unsullied,
stainless, fair, unspotted, spotless, unpolluted, holy._
=Found=, _v._ Base, set, fix, place, ground, rest; build, construct,
raise, erect; establish, institute, originate, plant, set up; cast,
mold; endow, root.
ANT. _Uproot, subvert, supplant, disestablish._
=Foundation.= Base, groundwork, basis, bottom, footing; establishment,
settlement; endowment; institution, origin, rudiments, ground,
substratum, underlying principle.
ANT. _Disestablishment; superstructure; demolition, ruin, overthrow._
=Founder.= Originator, institutor, establisher, planter; molder, caster;
author.
ANT. _Subverter, destroyer._
=Fountain.= Spring, well, jet; source, origin, original cause, first
principle.
=Fraction.= Part, portion, fragment, piece, bit, scrap, section.
ANT. _Whole, total, amount, sum, aggregate._
=Fractious.= Cross, captious, petulant, testy, peevish, fretful,
irritable, waspish, snappish; pettish.
ANT. _Good-humored, blithesome, agreeable, complaisant, genial._
=Fragile.= Brittle, easily broken, frangible; infirm, frail, weak,
feeble, delicate, slight.
ANT. _Tough, hardy, stout, strong._
=Fragment.= Remnant, fraction, scrap, chip, detached part, bit, piece,
morsel.
ANT. _Bulk, body, whole, mass._
=Fragrance=, =Fragrancy=. Redolence, perfume, aroma, balminess, incense,
grateful odor _or_ smell, pleasant scent.
=Fragrant.= Aromatic, redolent, spicy, balmy, odoriferous, perfumed,
sweet-scented, odorous, sweet-smelling.
ANT. _Inodorous, scentless, fetid._
=Frail.= Fragile, brittle, frangible; weak, feeble, infirm; irresolute,
erring, mutable.
ANT. _Resolute, lasting, virtuous; tough, hardy, strong, stout._
=Frame=, _n._ Framework, skeleton, carcass, framing; form, structure,
system, fabric, constitution, scheme; condition, state, temper, mood.
=Frame=, _v._ Construct, build, put together; form, compose, make,
constitute; invent, devise, plan, contrive; fabricate, forge.
=Franchise.= Right, privilege; exemption, immunity; freedom.
ANT. _Obligation, disability, disqualification, liability,
jurisdiction._
=Frank.= Open, ingenuous, free, sincere, candid, artless, frank-hearted,
without disguise, unreserved; familiar, honest, outspoken, easy, plain.
ANT. _Close, reserved; disingenuous._
=Frantic.= Furious, raving, raging, mad, wild, infuriate, frenzied,
distracted; maniacal.
ANT. _Sane, sober, calm, collected, cool, unruffled, composed._
=Fraternity.= Association, circle, society, company, brotherhood,
sodality, league, clan; brotherliness.
=Fraternize.= Harmonize, sympathize, consort, concur; associate with,
coöperate with; coalesce.
ANT. _Renounce, abjure, forswear; ostracize._
=Fraud.= Duplicity, deceit, deception, dishonesty, treason, artifice,
trick, cheat, imposture, swindle, treachery, imposition.
ANT. _Good faith, honesty, truth, uprightness, fairness, integrity._
=Fraught.= Filled, stored, laden, freighted, charged, abounding,
pregnant, big; loaded, teeming.
ANT. _Devoid, divested, exempt, empty, wanting, poor, scant._
=Freakish.= Whimsical, erratic, capricious, odd, fanciful, humorsome;
sportful, frisky, joking, mirthful.
ANT. _Sober, steady, demure, unwhimsical, unfanciful, reliable,
consistent, equable, uniform._
=Free=, _a._ Independent, at liberty, unrestrained; released,
emancipated, delivered, liberated; exempt, clear, allowed, permitted,
open; unobstructed, unimpeded, unrestricted; frank, ingenuous, candid,
artless, unreserved, sincere, frank-hearted; generous, liberal,
bountiful, hospitable, charitable, munificent, open-handed; prodigal,
lavish, immoderate; ready, eager, willing, prompt; gratuitous,
spontaneous; loose, lax; familiar, unconstrained, easy, informal;
detached, playing, operating, unoccupied, unhindered, unconditional,
untrammeled, careless, unconfined, bounteous.
ANT. _Bound, shackled, subservient, restricted, obstructed, clogged;
occupied; impeded, unlawful, compulsory, biased, subject, liable,
amenable; conditional, qualified; stingy, niggardly._
=Freedom.= Independence, liberty; scope, range, play, free swing;
franchise, immunity, privilege; license, laxity, looseness, familiarity.
ANT. _Slavery, serfdom, servitude; imprisonment, captivity._
=Frenzy.= Madness, rage, fury, insanity, raving, distraction, lunacy,
derangement, mania, delirium, aberration of mind; fanaticism, fire.
ANT. _Calm, composure, collectedness, coolness, sanity, sobriety,
equanimity._
=Frequent=, _a._ Oft-repeated; common, usual, everyday; many, repeated,
recurrent, general, numerous, continual.
ANT. _Few, solitary, scanty, rare, casual._
=Fresh.= New, recent, novel; renewed, revived; blooming, flourishing,
unfaded, unwilted, unwithered, well-preserved; unimpaired, undecayed;
rosy, ruddy, fair, delicate, fresh-colored; well, hearty, florid,
vigorous, healthy, hardy, strong; unworn, unwearied, unexhausted,
unfatigued; vivid, lively, keen, unabated; unsalted; pure, cool,
refreshing, sweet, health-giving, bracing; brisk, stiff, strong; raw,
uncultivated, unpracticed, untrained, unskilled, inexperienced; young,
untried, modern.
ANT. _Old, stale, weary, jaded; former; stagnant, impaired; original,
ordinary, tarnished, faded, decayed, pallid, sickly, putrid, moldy,
musty, fusty._
=Fretful.= Touchy, peevish, petulant, testy, snappish, waspish,
splenetic, spleeny, captious, irritable, ill-humored, ill-tempered;
fractious, impatient, discontented.
ANT. _Patient, contented, forbearing, meek, resigned, unmurmuring._
=Friction.= Attrition, abrasion, resistance, confrication, rubbing;
grating, contact.
ANT. _Lubrication, non-contact, detachment, isolation._
=Friend.= Confidant, intimate, associate, companion; ally, confrère,
fellow-adherent; favorer, encourager, well-wisher, advocate, patron,
adherent, defender, supporter; acquaintance, familiar, chum, messmate,
coadjutor.
ANT. _Opponent, foe, adversary, antagonist, enemy._
=Friendly.= Companionable, genial, neighborly, cordial, affectionate,
brotherly, fond, favorable, kind, kindly, loving, well-disposed, social,
tender, affable, accessible, sociable, amicable, complaisant, hearty,
sincere.
ANT. _Adverse, estranged, ill-disposed, unfriendly, antagonistic,
unkind, inimical, alienated, distant, disaffected, frigid, hostile,
cold, indifferent, contentious, belligerent, bellicose._
=Friendship.= Affection, good will, devotion, attachment, amity, comity,
consideration, favor, friendliness, love, regard, esteem, admiration.
ANT. _Hostility, hatred, enmity, feud; contempt, disdain; antipathy._
=Frighten.= Alarm, affright, intimidate, scare, terrify, daunt, appall,
browbeat, depress, dismay.
ANT. _Calm, soothe, comfort, ease; reassure, encourage._
=Frightful.= Terrible, fearful, terrific, dire, dread, dreadful, horrid,
horrible, awful, shocking, hideous, ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome,
alarming; ugly, monstrous.
ANT. _Pleasing, fair, attractive, encouraging, lovely, beautiful._
=Frigid.= Cold, dull, cool, uninteresting, lifeless, unanimated, tame,
spiritless; formal, prim, stiff, forbidding, chilling, rigid, freezing,
repulsive, repellent; inanimate, passionless, distant.
ANT. _Warm, ardent, impassioned; vehement, zealous._
=Frisk.= Leap, skip, hop, frolic, jump, romp, gambol, wanton, dance,
sport, play.
ANT. _Lie, ruminate, roost, mope, sulk, rest, repose._
=Frisky.= Gay, lively, sportive, playful, coltish, wanton, frolicsome.
ANT. _Demure, sedate, pensive, meditative._
=Fritter.= Slice, break, shiver, shatter; dribble, waste, dissipate,
idle.
ANT. _Husband, economize, cultivate, provide, be frugal._
=Frivolous.= Trivial, worthless, light, trifling, silly, petty, idle,
flimsy, childish, puerile, foolish, trashy.
ANT. _Serious, earnest, important, grave._
=Frolic=, _n._ Gambol, lark, escapade, prank; fun, pleasantry, drollery;
merriment, merry-making; play, game, festivity, sport, entertainment,
gaiety, spree.
ANT. _Study, engagement, occupation, purpose, undertaking._
=Frolicsome.= Gay, lively, frisky, sportive, playful, frolic, merry,
joyous; wanton, festive.
ANT. _Grave, serious, laborious, earnest, studious._
=Froward.= Contrary, fractious, perverse, contumacious, refractory,
untoward, unyielding, ungovernable, wayward, disobedient, peevish,
cross, captious, petulant.
ANT. _Docile, amenable, favorable, agreeable, obedient, ductile._
=Frugal.= Provident, economical, careful, choice, saving, chary,
thrifty, unwasteful, sparing; parsimonious, abstinent, abstemious,
temperate.
ANT. _Profuse, lavish, luxurious, extravagant, prodigal, intemperate,
self-indulgent._
=Frugality.= Parsimony, thrift, providence, prudence, economy, sparing,
miserliness, parsimoniousness, scrimping.
ANT. _Liberality, luxury, opulence, waste, wealth, extravagance, bounty,
affluence, abundance, riches._
=Fruit.= Harvest, crop, product; production, result, effect,
consequence, outcome; offspring, issue, young; produce, reward,
outgrowth.
ANT. _Seed, cause, origin, operation, growth._
=Fruitful.= Productive; prolific, fertile, fecund; abundant, rich,
plentiful, plenteous; pregnant, fraught, causative, successful,
effectual, useful.
ANT. _Unproductive, sterile, barren, fruitless, useless, abortive,
ineffectual._
=Fruition.= Fulfilment, enjoyment; reaping, attainment, use, possession.
ANT. _Loss, disappointment, non-attainment._
=Fugacious.= Transitory, transient, evanescent, fugitive, ephemeral,
fleeting.
ANT. _Persistent, perennial, permanent, perpetual._
=Fulfil.= Accomplish, effectuate, effect, realize, execute, consummate,
complete, perfect; obey, observe, perform, do, discharge, keep, adhere
to, comply with; meet, satisfy, answer, fill, fill out; verify, achieve.
ANT. _Neglect, ignore; falsify, disappoint; render abortive; overlook,
disregard, slight._
=Fulminate.= Explode, detonate; utter denunciations, thunder, fulmine,
hurl threats; clamor, roar, denounce, vociferate.
ANT. _Laud, panegyrize, eulogize._
=Fulsome.= Gross, excessive, offensive, extravagant, nauseous,
disgusting, repulsive, coarse, ribald, questionable, loathsome,
sickening, fawning.
ANT. _Chaste, sober, delicate, nice, temperate, moderate._
=Fume=, _v._ Smoke, reek, emit vapor, exhale; rave, rage, chafe, storm,
bluster, fret, flare up, be in a rage.
ANT. _Acquiesce; smile; submit, accede, consent, concur._
=Function=, _n._ Exercise, performance, execution, discharge;
employment, office, duty, business, occupation, part, province;
character, capacity, operation, administration, power.
ANT. _Usurpation, misdemeanor, misconduct, maladministration._
=Functionary.= Office-holder, official, officer, servant, personage,
incumbent.
=Fund.= Stock, capital; supply, store; foundation, permanent fund;
money, means, resources; investment.
ANT. _Expenditure, outlay, disbursement._
=Fundamental.= Essential, radical, primary, organic, constitutional,
indispensable, principal, important.
ANT. _Secondary, unimportant, non-essential, ascititious, adventitious._
=Funereal.= Mournful, sad, lugubrious, woful, dark, plaintive, somber,
melancholy, funeral, gloomy, dismal, sepulchral, solemn, deathlike.
ANT. _Joyous, festive, funny, stirring, lively, ridiculous, farcical._
=Funny.= Ludicrous, droll, comical, farcical, sportive, humorous,
amusing, laughable, diverting, jocose, ridiculous.
ANT. _Tedious, dull, mournful, lugubrious, grave, serious, dismal, sad,
lamentable._
=Furbish.= Burnish, polish, rub, scour, brighten.
ANT. _Dull, tarnish, cloud._
=Furnish.= Provide, supply; fit, equip, fit up; afford, give, bestow,
contribute, present, purvey, yield.
ANT. _Withhold, withdraw; dismantle; retain, keep._
=Furtive.= Secret, sly, clandestine, stolen, stealthy, surreptitious,
secretive.
ANT. _Open, public, undisguised, unconcealed, unreserved._
=Fuse.= Melt, liquefy, smelt; intermix, amalgamate, blend, commingle,
intermingle; coalesce.
ANT. _Disunite, diffuse, disamalgamate, disincorporate._
=Fuss=, _n._ Hurry, worry, ado, fidget, bustle, flurry, stir, agitation,
excitement, tumult.
ANT. _Quiet, peace, sedateness, calm, composure, tranquillity._
=Futile.= Trifling, frivolous, trivial; worthless, valueless, vain,
idle, unprofitable, profitless, unavailing, fruitless, bootless,
ineffectual; weak, ineffective, useless, nugatory.
ANT. _Cogent, effective, potent, powerful, useful, substantial, solid._
=Future.= Forthcoming, coming, advenient.
_Ant._ _Past, gone, bygone._
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=Gabble=, _n._ Prate, jargon, stuff, jabber, rattle, twaddle, chatter,
gibber, gibberish, babble, gab, gossip, palaver, prattle, cackle.
ANT. _Speech, conversation, eloquence; reticence, taciturnity; mincing,
mouthiness, euphuism, grandiloquence._
=Gabble=, _v._ Prate, prattle, chatter, cackle, rattle, jabber, gossip,
palaver.
ANT. _Drone, drawl, murmur._
=Gag.= Silence, stifle, muzzle, muffle, hush.
ANT. _Evoke, provoke, inspire, animate._
=Gage=, _n._ Measure, standard; dimensions, estimate; security;
challenge, defiance.
=Gage=, _v._ Measure, estimate, fathom, probe.
ANT. _Survey, conjecture, observe, view, scan, guess, mismeasure._
=Gain=, _n._ Profits, earnings, increase, gainings; emolument, lucre,
money-making; blessing, profit, advantage, good, benefit.
ANT. _Loss, detriment, damage, privation, injury._
=Gain=, _v._ Get, acquire, win, earn, obtain, procure, secure, carry,
achieve; conciliate, enlist, persuade, prevail upon, win over, gain
over, bring over; reach, attain, arrive at; profit; benefit, realize,
reap.
ANT. _Lose, forfeit, suffer._
=Gainful.= Advantageous, profitable, beneficial; lucrative, paying,
productive, remunerative, winning.
ANT. _Unprofitable, disadvantageous, detrimental, injurious, losing,
gainless._
=Gallant=, _a._ Gay, fine, magnificent, well-dressed, showy, splendid;
courageous, brave, valiant, valorous, intrepid, chivalrous, fearless,
bold, daring, high-spirited; noble, lofty, honorable, magnanimous,
high-minded; attentive, polite, courteous; amorous; heroic.
ANT. _Cowardly, discourteous, churlish._
=Gambol.= Frisk, frolic, romp, caper, leap, hop, skip, jump, sport.
ANT. _Droop, tire, weary, flag._
=Game=, _n._ Sport, play, amusement, pastime; plan, scheme, stratagem,
strategy, adventure, enterprise, measure, undertaking; quarry, prey;
recreation, frolic, diversion.
ANT. _Toil, study, duty, labor; weariness, flagging; business._
=Garb.= Dress, clothes, habit, apparel, raiment, garments, vesture,
costume, attire, habiliment; uniform, vestments.
ANT. _Undress; rags, tatters, shreds; nudity, nakedness._
=Garble.= Mutilate, falsify, corrupt, misrepresent, misquote, pervert;
cook, dress, color, distort.
ANT. _Quote, cite, extract, recite, report verbatim._
=Garnish=. Adorn, embellish, decorate, deck, grace, beautify, ornament,
prank, set off, trick out; furnish, furbish.
ANT. _Strip, dismantle, denude, bare, deprive, divest._
=Garrulity.= Loquacity, babble, loquaciousness, babbling, talkativeness,
prattle, prate; verbosity, chatter.
ANT. _Reticence, taciturnity, laconism, reserve, silence._
=Garrulous.= Chattering, loquacious, verbose, talkative.
ANT. _Taciturn, speechless, laconic, reserved, reticent, silent._
=Gaud.= Trinket, finery, gewgaw, trumpery, whim, gimcrack, toy, bauble,
trifle.
ANT. _Ornament, gem, decoration, jewel, valuable._
=Gaudy.= Flaunting, garish, glittering, tawdry, tinsel, flashy, showy,
overdecorated, loud; bespangled, fine, gay, meretricious.
ANT. _Rich, simple, handsome, chaste._
=Gaunt.= Lean, lank, thin, meager, emaciated, slender, attenuated,
spare; grim, savage, hungry.
ANT. _Docile, tractable, well-fed, tame, sleek._
=Gawky.= Awkward, clownish, ungainly, clumsy, raw, boorish, rustic,
green, uncouth, loutish.
ANT. _Neat, handy, graceful, handsome._
=Gay.= Showy, bright, fine, brilliant, dashing; gaudy, flaunting,
flashy, garish, tawdry, glittering, tinsel; merry, lively, jovial,
cheerful, gleeful, blithe, sportive, airy, gladsome, frolicsome, jolly,
hilarious, light-hearted; sprightly, smart, festive, pleasuresome.
ANT. _Heavy, sad, grave, dull, dowdy, somber, melancholy._
=Gaze=, _v._ Stare, scan, behold, regard, contemplate, view, gloat,
glower.
ANT. _Wink, ignore, overlook, ogle, glance, disregard._
=General=, _a._ Ordinary, universal, common, commonplace, customary,
everyday, public, prevalent, familiar, normal, popular, habitual,
frequent, usual.
ANT. _Singular, uncommon, exceptional, rare, unknown, infrequent,
unusual; particular, special._
=Generality.= Universality; bulk, mass, body, majority.
ANT. _Section, minority, exception, individuality._
=Generate.= Beget, procreate, engender, breed, propagate; produce, form,
make, cause, bring about, originate.
ANT. _Stifle, extinguish, terminate, annihilate._
=Generation.= Procreation; production, formation; offspring, progeny,
succession of descendants; family, stock, race, breed; contemporaries;
period, epoch, age, era, lifetime; origination.
ANT. _Perpetuity, eternity, immortality; posterity._
=Generic.= General, common, collective, racial, comprehensive.
ANT. _Particular, personal, specific, individual._
=Generous.= Liberal, noble, magnanimous, bountiful, free, munificent,
open-handed, disinterested, open-hearted, chivalrous, honorable.
ANT. _Avaricious, covetous, greedy, parsimonious, penurious, petty,
rapacious, stingy, close, illiberal, ignoble, mean, miserly, niggardly,
churlish, selfish._