- stingy (Adj.)
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stingy (Adj.)
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stingy — [adj] penny pinching, averse to spending money acquisitive, avaricious, chary, cheap, chintzy*, churlish, close, close fisted, costive, covetous, curmudgeonly, economical, extortionate, frugal, grasping, greedy, grudging, ignoble, illiberal,… … New thesaurus
stingy — adj. stingy with (stingy with one s money) * * * [ stɪŋdʒɪ] stingy with (stingy With one s money) … Combinatory dictionary
stingy — stingy1 [stin′jē] adj. stingier, stingiest [< * stinge, dial. form of STING] 1. giving or spending grudgingly or only through necessity; mean; miserly 2. less than needed or expected; scanty stingily adv. stinginess n. SYN. STINGY1 … English World dictionary
stingy — adj 1. niggardly, miserly, parsimonious, carking, skinflinty; penurious, mean, tight, tight fisted, close fisted; cheap, Sl. chintzy, moneygrubbing, grasping. Rare. illiberal, cheeseparing; scrimping, penny pinching, grudging, begrudging,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
stingy — adj. (stingier, stingiest) niggardly, mean. Derivatives: stingily adv. stinginess n. Etymology: perh. f. dial. stinge STING … Useful english dictionary
stingy — 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; … Universalium
stingy — 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,… … From formal English to slang
stingy — 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… … Dictionary of contemporary English
stingy — [[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:… … English dictionary
stingy — 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 … English dictionary for students
stingy — stin·gy || stɪndʒɪ adj. miserly, ungenerous, parsimonious, niggardly … English contemporary dictionary
