stingy

Adjective
Synonyms: ungenerousmeagermeagremeagerlyscrimpy

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. unwilling to spend“she practices economy without being stingy”“an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds”Synonyms: ungenerous
  2. deficient in amount or quality or extent“meager resources”“meager fare”Synonyms: meagermeagremeagerlyscrimpy
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Stingy \Sting"y\, a. Stinging; able to sting. [1913 Webster]
Stingy \Stin"gy\, a. [Compar. Stingier; superl. Stingiest.] [Probably from sting, and meaning originally, stinging; hence, biting, nipping (of the wind), churlish, avaricious; or cf. E. skinch.] Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl. [1913 Webster]

A stingy, narrow-hearted fellow that had a deal of choice fruit, had not the heart to touch it till it began to be rotten. --L'estrange. [1913 Webster]

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