stingy
11stingy — stingy1 stingily, adv. stinginess, n. /stin jee/, adj., stingier, stingiest. 1. reluctant to give or spend; not generous; niggardly; penurious: He s a stingy old miser. 2. scanty or meager: a stingy little income. [1650 60; perh. deriv. of STING; …
12stingy — adj. stingy with (stingy with one s money) * * * [ stɪŋdʒɪ] stingy with (stingy With one s money) …
13stingy — stin•gy [[t]ˈstɪn dʒi[/t]] adj. gi•er, gi•est 1) reluctant to give or spend; niggardly; penurious 2) scanty or meager • Etymology: 1650–60; perh. der. of dial. stinge sting; see y I stin′gi•ly, adv. stin′gi•ness, n. syn: stingy, parsimonious,… …
14stingy — stin|gy [ˈstındʒi] adj [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: Probably from an unrecorded English dialect stinge sting (noun)] 1.) informal not generous, especially with money = ↑mean ▪ She s too stingy to give money to charity. 2.) a stingy amount of… …
15stingy — [[t]stɪ̱nʤi[/t]] stingier, stingiest ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe someone as stingy, you are criticizing them for being unwilling to spend money. [INFORMAL] The West is stingy with aid... Winston was not a stingy man. Syn: mean Ant:… …
16stingy — adjective 1 informal not generous, especially with money, when you can easily afford to be: Jim s too stingy to give money to charity. 2 a stingy amount of something, especially food, is too small to be enough: The helpings here are pretty stingy …
17stingy — UK [ˈstɪndʒɪ] / US adjective Word forms stingy : adjective stingy comparative stingier superlative stingiest informal unwilling to spend, give, or use a lot of money The country, with its own economic problems, has grown stingy with its financial …
18stingy — adjective /ˈstɪŋi/ a) Stinging; able to sting. b) Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl …
19stingy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. penurious, miserly, niggardly, near, tight, close; scanty, meager. See parsimony. Ant., generous. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. parsimonious, niggardly, miserly, penurious, close, closefisted, sordid …
20stingy — adjective, informal you can think I m stingy all you want, I m not giving you a penny Syn: mean, miserly, niggardly, close fisted, parsimonious, penny pinching, cheeseparing, Scroogelike; informal tightfisted, cheap, tight, mingy, money grubbing… …
