stingy

Meaning

  1. Unwilling to spend, give, or share; ungenerous; mean.
  2. Small, scant, meager, insufficient.

Synonyms

miserly
48k
mean
A1
niggardly
parsimonious
avaricious
greedy
C1
ungenerous
close-fisted
penurious
frugal
32k
closefisted
selfish
B2
grudge
C1
illiberal
niggard
mingy
tightfisted
miser
23k
petty
B2
tight-fisted
narrow-minded
27k
cheap
B1
small-minded
37k
near
A2
thrifty
31k
tight
B1
spare
B1
close
A1
skimp
41k
meagre
41k
economical
24k
meager
27k
reluctant
C2
poor
A1
possessive
C2
cheeseparing

petty-minded

stinging
24k
spoiled
C1
miserable
B2
filthy
B2
sordid
C2
stinginess
economize
meagerly
lie
A2
scrimp
scrimpy
deceive
C1
penuriously
Translations

avare
avaro
geizig
knauserig
avaro
tacaño
taccagno
pingre
mezquino
gierig
radin
tirchio
vrekkig

pinnig

spilorcio
Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈstɪnd͡ʒi/
Etymology

Uncertain, possibly from stinge, a dialectal variation of sting (verb).

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