stingy
AdjectiveUS[stin-jee]/ˈstɪndʒi/2 syllables
Open English WordNet
Adjective (2)stingier, stingiest
- unwilling to spend (money, time, resources, etc.)“she practices economy without being stingy”“an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds”Synonyms: ungenerousOpposite generousSimilar mean, cheeseparing, beggarly, cheap, grudging, parsimonious, closefistedRelates to generosity, generousnessSee also uncharitable, ungenerous, selfish
- deficient in amount or quality or extent“meager resources”“meager fare”Synonyms: meagermeagremeagerlyscrimpySimilar bare, exiguous, hand-to-mouth, measly, hardscrabbleRelates to sufficiency, adequacySee also scarce, minimal, insufficient
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Sting′y adjective
Stinging; able to sting.
Stin′gy adjective [Compar. Stingier; superlative Stingiest.]
Origin: 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.
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.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54