stingy
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stingy¹
- /ˈstɪnd͡ʒi/
Rhymes with -ɪnd͡ʒi
Where it comes from
Uncertain, possibly from stinge, a dialectal variation of sting (verb).
adjective stingier · stingiest
- Unwilling to spend, give, or share; ungenerous; mean. "Well, I'm doing my best to grow," said Davy, "but it's a thing you can't hurry much. If Marilla wasn't so stingy with her jam I believe I'd grow a lot faster."
- Small, scant, meager, insufficient. The realization of this joint oppression is like discovering that the stingy crusts of bread being held out by society have mold on them.
Similar: as tight as Dick's hatband, cheap, cheeseparing, chintzy, close, close as wax, close-fisted, illiberal, mean, miserable, miserly, narrow-fisted, niggardly, nipcheese, parsimonious, peddling, penny-wise, penny-pinching, penurious, scrooge-like, scrubby, shabby, still got one's communion money, stingy, swear, tight, tight-fisted, tight as a tick, tighter than Dick's hatband, ungenerous · Opposite: wasteful, prodigal, profligate, spendthrift, generous
stingy²
- /ˈstɪŋi/
Rhymes with -ɪŋi
adjective stingier · stingiest
- Stinging; able or inclined to sting. Bumble bee – Bumble bee / I send to you this sonnet, / But please don't be – Bumble bee / The stingy bee in my bonnet.
Similar: as tight as Dick's hatband, cheap, cheeseparing, chintzy, close, close as wax, close-fisted, illiberal, mean, miserable, miserly, narrow-fisted, niggardly, nipcheese, parsimonious, peddling, penny-wise, penny-pinching, penurious, scrooge-like, scrubby, shabby, still got one's communion money, stingy, swear, tight, tight-fisted, tight as a tick, tighter than Dick's hatband, ungenerous · Opposite: wasteful, prodigal, profligate, spendthrift, generous
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: miserly, mingy, closefisted, cheeseparing, tightfisted, penny-pinching, penurious, scrimy, ungenerous, scrimpy, parsimonious, meager, small, beggarly, hardfisted, grudging
adjective
Similar: as tight as Dick's hatband, cheap, cheeseparing, chintzy, close, close as wax, close-fisted, illiberal, mean, miserable, miserly, narrow-fisted, niggardly, nipcheese, parsimonious, peddling, penny-wise, penny-pinching, penurious, scrooge-like, scrubby, shabby, still got one's communion money, stingy, swear, tight, tight-fisted, tight as a tick, tighter than Dick's hatband, ungenerous · Opposite: wasteful, prodigal, profligate, spendthrift, generous
adjective
Similar: as tight as Dick's hatband, cheap, cheeseparing, chintzy, close, close as wax, close-fisted, illiberal, mean, miserable, miserly, narrow-fisted, niggardly, nipcheese, parsimonious, peddling, penny-wise, penny-pinching, penurious, scrooge-like, scrubby, shabby, still got one's communion money, stingy, swear, tight, tight-fisted, tight as a tick, tighter than Dick's hatband, ungenerous · Opposite: wasteful, prodigal, profligate, spendthrift, generous
Translations
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adj unwilling to spend or give
| Español | mezquino, tacaño, rácano, agarrado, amarrado, cicatero |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 인색한 insaekhan, 짠 jjan |
| 日本語 | けちな kechi na, 吝嗇な rinshoku na, けちくさい kechikusai |
| 中文 | 吝嗇 /吝啬 lìnsè, 小氣 /小气 xiǎoqì, 摳門 /抠门 kōumén, 摳 /抠 kōu |
| हिन्दी | कंजूस kañjūs, कृपण kŕpaṇ |
| Português | avaro, sovina, pão-duro |
| Français | pingre, chiche, radin, rapiat |
| Deutsch | geizig, knauserig, knausrig, gierig |
| Italiano | tirchio, avaro, taccagno |
| Ελληνικά | τσιγκούνης tsigkoúnis |
| Română | zgârcit, avar |
| Русский | скупо́й skupój, ска́редный skárednyj, прижи́мистый prižímistyj, жа́дный žádnyj, а́лчный álčnyj |
| Tiếng Việt | bủn xỉn, keo, keo kiệt, hà tiện |
| العربية | بَخِيل baḵīl |
| עברית | קמצן kamtsán |
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title = {stingy},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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