frugal 音标拼音: [fr'ugəl]
a . 节俭的,朴素的
节俭的,朴素的
frugal adj 1 :
avoiding waste ; "
an economical meal "; "
an economical shopper "; "
a frugal farmer "; "
a frugal lunch "; "
a sparing father and a spending son "; "
sparing in their use of heat and light "; "
stinting in bestowing gifts "; "
thrifty because they remember the great Depression "; "`
scotch '
is used only informally " [
synonym : {
economical }, {
frugal },
{
scotch }, {
sparing }, {
stinting }]
Frugal \
Fru "
gal \,
a . [
L .
frugalis ,
fr .
frugi ,
lit .,
for fruit ;
hence ,
fit for food ,
useful ,
proper ,
temperate ,
the dative of frux ,
frugis ,
fruit ,
akin to E .
fruit :
cf .
F .
frugal .
See {
Fruit },
n .]
1 .
Economical in the use or appropriation of resources ;
not wasteful or lavish ;
wise in the expenditure or application of force ,
materials ,
time ,
etc .;
characterized by frugality ;
sparing ;
economical ;
saving ;
as ,
a frugal housekeeper ;
frugal of time .
[
1913 Webster ]
I oft admire How Nature ,
wise and frugal ,
could commit Such disproportions . --
Milton .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Obtained by ,
or appropriate to ,
economy ;
as ,
a frugal fortune . "
Frugal fare ." --
Dryden .
[
1913 Webster ]
107 Moby Thesaurus words for "
frugal ":
Lenten ,
Scotch ,
Spartan ,
abstemious ,
ascetic ,
austere ,
budget ,
canny ,
careful ,
chary ,
cheap ,
cheeseparing ,
conservational ,
conservative ,
conserving ,
discreet ,
dwarfed ,
dwarfish ,
easy ,
economic ,
economical ,
economizing ,
economy ,
exiguous ,
forehanded ,
frugal to excess ,
impoverished ,
inexpensive ,
jejune ,
labor -
saving ,
lean ,
limited ,
low ,
low -
priced ,
manageable ,
meager ,
mean ,
measured ,
meticulous ,
miserly ,
moderate ,
modest ,
money -
saving ,
narrow ,
negligible ,
niggardly ,
nominal ,
overfrugal ,
paltry ,
parsimonious ,
penny -
pinching ,
penny -
wise ,
penny -
wise and pound -
foolish ,
penurious ,
piddling ,
poor ,
preserving ,
provident ,
prudent ,
prudential ,
puny ,
reasonable ,
restrained ,
saving ,
scamping ,
scant ,
scanty ,
scrawny ,
scrimp ,
scrimping ,
scrimpy ,
sensible ,
shabby ,
shoddy ,
skimp ,
skimping ,
skimpy ,
slender ,
slight ,
slim ,
small ,
sober ,
spare ,
sparing ,
starvation ,
stingy ,
stinted ,
stinting ,
straitened ,
stunted ,
subsistence ,
temperate ,
thin ,
thrifty ,
tight -
fisted ,
time -
saving ,
token ,
too frugal ,
unexpensive ,
unnourishing ,
unnutritious ,
unwasteful ,
wary ,
watered ,
watery ,
within means ,
worth the money
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FRUGAL Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster Today, frugal is used to describe things that reflect a fastidious dedication to foregoing the fancy, as in “he insists on a frugal diet of fungi and fava beans ”
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