stingy en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈstɪnd͡ʒi/
- stĭnʹjē
- (US) audio
Etymology
Uncertain, possibly from stinge, a dialectal variation of sting (verb).
Meanings
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Unwilling to spend, give, or share; ungenerous; mean.
"Well, I'm doing my best to grow," said Davy, "but it's a thing you can't hurry much. If Marilla wasn't so stingy with her jam I believe I'd grow a lot faster."
1909, Lucy Maud Montgomery, chapter XVIII, in Anne of Avonlea:
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Small, scant, meager, insufficient.
The realization of this joint oppression is like discovering that the stingy crusts of bread being held out by society have mold on them.
1985 April 13, Charles Henry Fuller, “Learning to Draw my Name”, in Gay Community News, page 8:As the moon wheels around Earth every 28 days and shows us a progressively greater and then stingier slice of its sun-lightened face, the distance between the moon and Earth changes, too. At the nearest point along its egg-shaped orbit, its perigee, the moon may be 26,000 miles closer to us than it is at its far point.
2014 September 7, Natalie Angier, “The Moon comes around again [print version: Revisiting a moon that still has secrets to reveal: Supermoon revives interest in its violent origins and hidden face, International New York Times, 10 September 2014, p. 8]”, in The New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| stingier | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| stingiest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
prodigal · wasteful · profligate · generous · spendthrift
Deriveds
stinginess · stingily · stingy gut · mingy · stinge · unstingy
Hypernyms
Relateds
parsimoniousness · economy · parsimony · thriftiness · frugality · thrift · miser
Synonyms
ungenerous · close-fisted · scrooge-like · cheap · penny-pinching · scrubby · still got one's communion money · tight-fisted · penny-wise · ungiving · peddling · illiberal · chintzy · parsimonious · as tight as Dick's hatband · shabby · tight as a tick · mean · niggardly · tight · penurious · cheeseparing · stingy · narrow-fisted · close as wax · nipcheese · miserable · swear · tighter than Dick's hatband · miserly · close
Translations (195)
sc asuríu (unwilling to spend or give) · mnb dagho (unwilling to spend or give) · haw pī (unwilling to spend or give) · yue 孤寒 (unwilling to spend or give) · sv kåt (unwilling to spend or give) · tr cimri (unwilling to spend or give) · ar بَخِيل (unwilling to spend or give) · hu zsugori (unwilling to spend or give) · id pelit (unwilling to spend or give) · hu szűkmarkú (unwilling to spend or give) · ja けちくさい (unwilling to spend or give) · es mezquino (unwilling to spend or give) · mi mahuki (unwilling to spend or give) · is nískur (unwilling to spend or give) · ja けちな (unwilling to spend or give) · ota جمری (unwilling to spend or give) · hu fösvény (unwilling to spend or give) · fr chiche (unwilling to spend or give) · ms lokek (unwilling to spend or give) · az qaraçı (unwilling to spend or give) · ceb inot (unwilling to spend or give) · vi hà tiện (unwilling to spend or give) · ca gasiu (unwilling to spend or give) · ota پنتی (unwilling to spend or give) · el τσιγκούνης (unwilling to spend or give) · be скупы́ (unwilling to spend or give) · gl avaro (unwilling to spend or give) · cmn 吝嗇 /吝啬 (unwilling to spend or give) · hu fukar (unwilling to spend or give) · tl kuripot (unwilling to spend or give) · fi saita (unwilling to spend or give) · es ticuiche (unwilling to spend or give) · sou ขี้มัน (unwilling to spend or give) · no gjerrig (unwilling to spend or give) · sdc atziccaddu (unwilling to spend or give) · oc cusson (unwilling to spend or give) · es pesetero (unwilling to spend or give) · az xəsis (unwilling to spend or give) · sv gamig (unwilling to spend or give) · fi kitsas (unwilling to spend or give) · ru скупо́й (unwilling to spend or give) · sc stiticu (unwilling to spend or give) · vi keo (unwilling to spend or give) · sh шкрт (unwilling to spend or give) · th กระดูกขัดมัน (unwilling to spend or give) · da gerrig (unwilling to spend or give) · it taccagno (unwilling to spend or give) · da fedtet (unwilling to spend or give) · cs chamtivý (unwilling to spend or give) · kmr tima (unwilling to spend or give) · pt sovina (unwilling to spend or give) · dlm avaraus (unwilling to spend or give) · eo avara (unwilling to spend or give) · sh škrt (unwilling to spend or give) · es agarrado (unwilling to spend or give) · ga ceachartha (unwilling to spend or give) · de gierig (unwilling to spend or give) · uk скупи́й (unwilling to spend or give) · gu કંજૂસ (unwilling to spend or give) · sv gneten (unwilling to spend or give) · nl gierig (unwilling to spend or give) · bg стиснат (unwilling to spend or give) · hi कृपण (unwilling to spend or give) · he קמצן (unwilling to spend or give) · fa بخیل (unwilling to spend or give) · az dargöz (unwilling to spend or give) · es amarrete (unwilling to spend or give) · ro avar (unwilling to spend or give) · km កំណាញ់ (unwilling to spend or give) · cs lakomý (unwilling to spend or give) · pt pão-duro (unwilling to spend or give) · it tirchio (unwilling to spend or give) · uk жадли́вий (unwilling to spend or give) · sv girig (unwilling to spend or give) · sv snål (unwilling to spend or give) · be хці́вы (unwilling to spend or give) · sv snåljåpen (unwilling to spend or give) · fr radin (unwilling to spend or give) · fa کنس (unwilling to spend or give) · sdc migragnòsu (unwilling to spend or give) · cy crintach (unwilling to spend or give) · sl pohlepen (unwilling to spend or give) · mi matapiko (unwilling to spend or give) · hy ժլատ (unwilling to spend or give) · ru ска́редный (unwilling to spend or give) · es amarrado (unwilling to spend or give) · de geizig (unwilling to spend or give) · sc isurídu (unwilling to spend or give) · ka ძუნწი (unwilling to spend or give) · ota پیس (unwilling to spend or give) · da smålig (unwilling to spend or give) · ur کنجوس (unwilling to spend or give) · uk жаді́бний (unwilling to spend or give) · es tacaño (unwilling to spend or give) · nan-tws 鹹澀 /咸涩 (unwilling to spend or give) · be хі́жы (unwilling to spend or give) · bg скъпернически (unwilling to spend or give) · sv pengakåt (unwilling to spend or give) · sc arragatu (unwilling to spend or give) · ca aferrat (unwilling to spend or give) · fa خَسیس (unwilling to spend or give) · sv sniken (unwilling to spend or give) · sk lakomý (unwilling to spend or give) · ca escasser (unwilling to spend or give) · da nærig (unwilling to spend or give) · sv närig (unwilling to spend or give) · kmr çikûs (unwilling to spend or give) · de knauserig (unwilling to spend or give) · ko 인색한 (unwilling to spend or give) · kmr bexîl (unwilling to spend or give) · th เค็ม (unwilling to spend or give) · be пра́гны (unwilling to spend or give) · mk алчен (unwilling to spend or give) · oc avar (unwilling to spend or give) · th ขี้เหนียว (unwilling to spend or give) · vi keo kiệt (unwilling to spend or give) · oc rascàs (unwilling to spend or give) · sv njugg (unwilling to spend or give) · sc zeccòsu (unwilling to spend or give) · sdc zecchincùru (unwilling to spend or give) · ca taquí (unwilling to spend or give) · afb جعص (unwilling to spend or give) · ja 吝嗇な (unwilling to spend or give) · ko 짠 (unwilling to spend or give) · ro zgârcit (unwilling to spend or give) · mi hākere (unwilling to spend or give) · es pilishne (unwilling to spend or give) · sk chamtivý (unwilling to spend or give) · lzz კიტიპიროზი (unwilling to spend or give) · kmr çirûk (unwilling to spend or give) · kix tshīk (unwilling to spend or give) · it avaro (unwilling to spend or give) · ca garrepa (unwilling to spend or give) · ga sprionlaithe (unwilling to spend or give) · de knausrig (unwilling to spend or give) · sdn scurzónu (unwilling to spend or give) · es pilinque (unwilling to spend or give) · grc φειδωλός (unwilling to spend or give) · pl oszczędny (unwilling to spend or give) · es pilinqui (unwilling to spend or give) · uk жадни́й (unwilling to spend or give) · uk жа́дний (unwilling to spend or give) · hi कंजूस (unwilling to spend or give) · vi bủn xỉn (unwilling to spend or give) · ru а́лчный (unwilling to spend or give) · kri krabit (unwilling to spend or give) · af suinig (unwilling to spend or give) · cmn 摳 /抠 (unwilling to spend or give) · sl omamen (unwilling to spend or give) · sc cananèu (unwilling to spend or give) · es roñoso (unwilling to spend or give) · fr pingre (unwilling to spend or give) · cmn 摳門 /抠门 (unwilling to spend or give) · az simic (unwilling to spend or give) · sc priogòsu (unwilling to spend or give) · yue 小氣 /小气 (unwilling to spend or give) · sc grengu (unwilling to spend or give) · fi nuuka (unwilling to spend or give) · sv nidsk (unwilling to spend or give) · es cicatero (unwilling to spend or give) · ru прижи́мистый (unwilling to spend or give) · mi tōhē (unwilling to spend or give) · tr pinti (unwilling to spend or give) · ang hnēaw (unwilling to spend or give) · unm shakwsi (unwilling to spend or give) · sc istitigu (unwilling to spend or give) · sv småaktig (unwilling to spend or give) · acw بَخِيل (unwilling to spend or give) · oc sarrat (unwilling to spend or give) · izh kuiva (unwilling to spend or give) · ms kedekut (unwilling to spend or give) · mn нарийн (unwilling to spend or give) · tl maramot (unwilling to spend or give) · ms bakhil (unwilling to spend or give) · sc pistriccu (unwilling to spend or give) · fr rapiat (unwilling to spend or give) · afb بخيل (unwilling to spend or give) · fi pihi (unwilling to spend or give) · ka ხელმოჭერილი (unwilling to spend or give) · es rácano (unwilling to spend or give) · sc cogheddu (unwilling to spend or give) · sc taccagnu (unwilling to spend or give) · sco near the bane (unwilling to spend or give) · yi קאַרג (unwilling to spend or give) · fi itara (unwilling to spend or give) · pt avaro (unwilling to spend or give) · pl skąpy (unwilling to spend or give) · lt šykštus (unwilling to spend or give) · tl sinding (unwilling to spend or give) · gl lambefoula (unwilling to spend or give) · ka წუწურაქი (unwilling to spend or give) · cmn 小氣 /小气 (unwilling to spend or give) · ru жа́дный (unwilling to spend or give) · mi matamau (unwilling to spend or give) · uk жа́дібний (unwilling to spend or give)