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hard-fisted

UK/hɑːd.ˈfɪs.tɪd/

hard-fisted adjective: having hard or strong hands.

Adjective

hard-fisted (comparative more hard-fisted, superlative most hard-fisted)

  1. Having hard or strong hands.
    • a hard-fisted labourer
  2. covetous; niggardly
    • It is easy to observe, that none are so gripple and hard fisted, as the childless […]1646, Jos[eph] Hall, The Balme of Gilead: Or, Comforts for the Distressed, both Morall and Divine. […], London: […] M[iles] Flesher, for Nat[haniel] Butter, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    closefisted

hard-fisted meaning in Tamil

hard-fisted in Tamil

மூடிய முட்டியுடைய, கஞ்சத்தனமான

Synonyms of hard-fisted

Forms of hard-fisted

comparativemore hard-fisted
superlativemost hard-fisted
alternative formhardfisted

Words formed from hard-fisted

Questions about hard-fisted

What does hard-fisted mean?
Hard-fisted means having hard or strong hands.
What is hard-fisted in Tamil?
Hard-fisted in Tamil is மூடிய முட்டியுடைய, கஞ்சத்தனமான. See Hard-fisted meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hard-fisted?
Hard-fisted is an adjective.
How do you pronounce hard-fisted?
Hard-fisted is pronounced /hɑːd.ˈfɪs.tɪd/ (UK).

Words near hard-fisted in the dictionary

  1. hard-edge painting
  2. hard-edge paintings
  3. hard-edged
  4. hard-favoured
  5. hard-featured
  6. hard-fisted
  7. hard-float
  8. hard-fought
  9. hard-g
  10. hard-grained
  11. hard-handed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hard-fisted (page history and authors); hard-fisted (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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