stingy

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.

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

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stingi·ly adv.

stingi·ness n.

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stingy¹

adj -gier, -giest

1. unwilling to spend or give

2. insufficient or scanty

[C17 (perhaps in the sense: ill-tempered): perhaps from stinge, dialect variant of sting]

stingily  adv

stinginess  n

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stingy²

adj stingier, stingiest

Informal stinging or capable of stinging

n pl stingies

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) South Wales dialect a stinging nettle I put my hand on a stingy

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	stingy - unwilling to spend; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds" ungenerous 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" meager, meagerly, meagre, scrimpy 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"

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stingy

adjective

1. mean, penny-pinching (informal), miserly, near, parsimonious, scrimping, illiberal, avaricious, niggardly, ungenerous, penurious, tightfisted, close-fisted, tight-arse (taboo slang), tight-arsed (taboo slang), mingy (Brit. informal), tight-ass (U.S. taboo slang), tight-assed (U.S. taboo slang), cheeseparing, snoep (S. African informal), tight as a duck's arse (taboo slang) The West is stingy with aid.

2. insufficient, inadequate, meagre, small, pathetic, scant, skimpy, measly (informal), scanty, on the small side Many people may consider this a rather stingy amount.

Translations

stingy [ˈstɪndʒɪ] ADJ (stingier (compar) (stingiest (superl))) [person] → tacaño; [meal] → parco, escaso
to be stingy with sth → ser tacaño con algo

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stingy [ˈstɪndʒi] adj (= mean) → radin >

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stingy

adj (+er) (inf) person, government → geizig, knauserig (inf), → knickerig (inf); sum, portion, donation → schäbig, popelig (inf); to be stingy with something → mit etw knausern

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stingy [ˈstɪndʒɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (pej) (person) → avaro/a, tirchio/a, spilorcio/a, taccagno/a; (gift) → misero/a
to be stingy with (one's praise, money) → essere avaro/a di (food) → razionare

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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 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 小气地

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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stingy → حقير, قارص lakomý nærig, ond geizig μοχθηρός, σπαγγοραμένος mezquino, tacaño itara, pihi méchant, radin škrt meschino, tirchio けちな 인색한 gemeen, vrekkig gjerrig skąpy forreta, mesquinho, pão-duro скупой, убогий elak, snål ขี้เหนียว, ค่าเฉลี่ย eli sıkı, ısırıcı bần tiện, keo kiệt 吝啬的, 小气的