stingy
Meaning
- Unwilling to spend, give, or share; ungenerous; mean
- Small, scant, meager, insufficient
Synonyms
petty-minded
be possessive
be selfish
selfish person
stingy person
tight with money
use sparingly
enlarged spleen
practice frugality
chinchy
cooking little
not allowing to enjoy
close-fisted parsimonious
over-economical
over-thirsty
too-saving
cash-hungry
tight-hearted
cheese-paring
hardfisted
greedy person
miserly person
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈstɪnd͡ʒi/
Etymology
Uncertain, possibly from stinge, a dialectal variation of sting (verb).
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