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stingy

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stin·gy  (stnj)
adj. stin·gi·er, stin·gi·est
1. Giving or spending reluctantly.
2. Scanty or meager: a stingy meal; stingy with details about the past.

[Perhaps alteration of dialectal stingy, stinging, from sting.]

stingi·ly adv.
stingi·ness n.

stingy
Adjective
[-gier, -giest] very mean [perhaps from stinge, dialect variant of sting]
stinginess n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.stingy - unwilling to spend; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds"
uncharitable - lacking love and generosity; "all pious words and uncharitable deeds"- Charles Reade
meanspirited, ungenerous - lacking in magnanimity; "it seems ungenerous to end this review of a splendid work of scholarship on a critical note"- Times Litt. Sup.; "a meanspirited man unwilling to forgive"
selfish - concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others; "Selfish men were...trying to make capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of civil rights"- Maria Weston Chapman
generous - willing to give and share unstintingly; "a generous donation"
2.stingy - deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"
scarce - deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand; "fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought"
minimal, minimum - the least possible; "needed to enforce minimal standards"; "her grades were minimal"; "minimum wage"; "a minimal charge for the service"
insufficient, deficient - of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement; "insufficient funds"

stingy
adjective 1. mean, penny-pinching (informal) miserly, near, parsimonious, scrimping, illiberal, avaricious, niggardly, ungenerous, penurious, tightfisted, close-fisted, mingy Brit. (informal) cheeseparing, snoep S. African (informal)
adjective 2. insufficient, inadequate, meagre, small, pathetic, scant, skimpy, measly (informal) scanty, on the small side
Translations
stingy [ˈstɪndʒɪ] adjtacaño

stingy [ˈstɪndʒɪ] adjavare, pingre, chiche

stingy [ˈstɪndʒɪ] (pej) adjgeizig, knauserig

stingy [ˈstɪndʒɪ] adjspilorcio/a, tirchio/a

stingy
adj stingy [ˈstindʒi]
mean or ungenerous My father's very stingy with his money; stingy portions of food. branderig بَخيل стиснат lakomý; mizerný fedtet knickerig τσιγκούνης, τσιγκούνικος mezquino, tacaño, parco, escaso kitsi خسيس pihi avare; chiche קַמצָן कंजूस, मक्खीचूस škrt, oskudan fukar kikir nískur avaro; scarso けちな 인색한, 부족한 šykštus skops kedekut gierig gjerrig, gnien, smålig skąpy sovina avar; zgârcit; meschin скаредно; скудно lakomý; mizerný skop škrt snål ขี้เหนียว cimri 吝嗇 скупий, скнарий کنجوس keo kiệt, bủn xỉn 吝啬
adv stingily
branderig بِبُخْلٍ оскъдно skoupě fedtet knickerig τσιγκούνικα mezquinamente kitsilt در نهايت خست pihistellen chichement בְּקַמצָנוּת कंजूसी से škrto, oskudno fukarul secara kikir nískulega avaramente けちけちして 인색하게 šykščiai skopi dengan kedekut gierig gjerrig, gnient, smålig skąpo mesquinhamente cu zgârcenie; cu mes­chi­nă­­rie скаредно; скудно skúpo skopo škrto snålt อย่างตระหนี่; อย่างขี้เหนียว cimrice 小氣地 скупо کنجوسی سے keo kiệt, bủn xỉn
n stinginess
branderigheid بُخْل скъперничество lakotnost fedtethed die Knickerigkeit τσιγκουνιά avaricia ihnsus خست saituus avarice קַמצָנוּת कंजूसी škrtost fösvénység, fukarság kekikiran níska avarizia けち 인색함 šykštumas skopums kebakhilan gierig gjerrighet, smålighet skąpstwo sovinice avariţie, zgârcenie скаредность; скудость lakomosť skopost škrtost snålhet ความตระหนี่ถี่เหนียว cimrilik 吝嗇 скупість, скнарість کنجوسی sự keo kiệt, bủn xỉn 吝啬


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