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stingy Adjective [-gier, -giest] very mean [perhaps from stinge, dialect variant of sting] stinginess n
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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 Translationsstingy adj stingy [ˈstindʒi] mean or ungenerous My father's very stingy with his money; stingy portions of food.branderigبَخيلстиснатlakomý; mizernýfedtetknickerigτσιγκούνης, τσιγκούνικοςmezquino, tacaño, parco, escasokitsiخسيسpihiavare; chicheקַמצָןकंजूस, मक्खीचूसškrt, oskudanfukarkikirnískuravaro; scarsoけちな인색한, 부족한šykštusskopskedekutgieriggjerrig, gnien, småligskąpysovinaavar; zgârcit; meschinскаредно; скудноlakomý; mizernýskopškrtsnålขี้เหนียวcimri吝嗇скупий, скнарийکنجوسkeo kiệt, bủn xỉn吝啬 adv ˈstingily branderigبِبُخْلٍоскъдноskoupěfedtetknickerigτσιγκούνικαmezquinamentekitsiltدر نهايت خستpihistellenchichementבְּקַמצָנוּתकंजूसी सेškrto, oskudnofukarulsecara kikirnískulegaavaramenteけちけちして인색하게šykščiaiskopidengan kedekutgieriggjerrig, gnient, småligskąpomesquinhamentecu zgârcenie; cu meschinărieскаредно; скудноskúposkopoškrtosnåltอย่างตระหนี่; อย่างขี้เหนียวcimrice小氣地скупоکنجوسی سےkeo kiệt, bủn xỉn小气地 n ˈstinginess branderigheidبُخْلскъперничествоlakotnostfedtetheddie Knickerigkeitτσιγκουνιάavariciaihnsusخستsaituusavariceקַמצָנוּתकंजूसीškrtostfösvénység, fukarságkekikirannískaavariziaけち인색함šykštumasskopumskebakhilangieriggjerrighet, smålighetskąpstwosoviniceavariţie, zgârcenieскаредность; скудостьlakomosťskopostškrtostsnålhetความตระหนี่ถี่เหนียวcimrilik吝嗇скупість, скнарістьکنجوسیsự keo kiệt, bủn xỉn吝啬 |
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Cousin Mattie's a great cook and there's nothing stingy about her. Don't leave me time enough to take the stingy view of five hundred pounds. Have I ever been stingy of cuffs or kisses for you since the day you stood in this room and I took you for Tom Sawyer and blessed God for sending you to me, though you told me four thousand lies and I believed every one of them like a simpleton? |
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