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stin·gy
(stĭn′jē)adj. stin·gi·er, stin·gi·est
1. Giving or spending reluctantly.
2. Scanty or meager: a stingy meal; stingy with details about the past.
[Perhaps alteration of dialectal stingy, stinging, from sting.]
stin′gi·ly adv.
stin′gi·ness n.
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stingy
(ˈstɪndʒɪ)adj, -gier or -giest
1. unwilling to spend or give
2. insufficient or scanty
[C17 (perhaps in the sense: ill-tempered): perhaps from stinge, dialect variant of sting]
ˈstingily adv
ˈstinginess n
stingy
(ˈstɪŋɪ)adj, stingier or stingiest
informal stinging or capable of stinging
n, pl stingies
(Plants) dialect South Wales a stinging nettle: I put my hand on a stingy.
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stin•gy
(ˈstɪn dʒi)adj. -gi•er, -gi•est.
1. reluctant to give or spend; niggardly; penurious.
2. scanty or meager.
stin′gi•ly, adv.
stin′gi•ness, n.
syn: stingy, parsimonious, miserly mean reluctant to part with money, possessions, or other things. stingy means unwilling to give, share, or spend anything of value: a stingy employer; an expert stingy with advice. parsimonious describes a stinginess arising from excessive frugality or unwillingness to spend money: a parsimonious family. miserly implies a pathological pleasure in acquiring and hoarding money: a miserly neighbor.
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| Adj. | 1. | stingy - unwilling to spend; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds" uncharitable - lacking love and generosity; "all pious words and uncharitable deeds"- Charles Reade meanspirited, ungenerous - lacking in magnanimity; "it seems ungenerous to end this review of a splendid work of scholarship on a critical note"- Times Litt. Sup.; "a meanspirited man unwilling to forgive" selfish - concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others; "Selfish men were...trying to make capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of civil rights"- Maria Weston Chapman generous - willing to give and share unstintingly; "a generous donation" |
| 2. |  stingy - deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"scarce - deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand; "fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought" minimal, minimum - the least possible; "needed to enforce minimal standards"; "her grades were minimal"; "minimum wage"; "a minimal charge for the service" insufficient, deficient - of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement; "insufficient funds" |
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stingy
adjective
1. mean, penny-pinching (informal), miserly, near, parsimonious, scrimping, illiberal, avaricious, niggardly, ungenerous, penurious, tightfisted, close-fisted, tight-arse (taboo slang), tight-arsed (taboo slang), mingy (Brit. informal), tight-ass (U.S. taboo slang), tight-assed (U.S. taboo slang), cheeseparing, snoep (S. African informal), tight as a duck's arse (taboo slang) The West is stingy with aid.
2. insufficient, inadequate, meagre, small, pathetic, scant, skimpy, measly (informal), scanty, on the small side Many people may consider this a rather stingy amount.
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stingy
adjective1. Ungenerously or pettily reluctant to spend money:
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Translations
lakomýmizernýzlý
fedtetnærigond
itaranuukapistäväilkeä
škrtzločest
fösvényfukarzsugori
nískur
けちな刺しそうな吝嗇な
인색한
skops
snålelak
ใจร้ายขี้เหนียว
bần tiệnkeo kiệt
stingy
[ˈstɪndʒɪ] ADJ (stingier (compar) (stingiest (superl))) [person] → tacaño; [meal] → parco, escasoto be stingy with sth → ser tacaño con algo
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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stingy
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
stingy
[ˈstɪndʒɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (pej) (person) → avaro/a, tirchio/a, spilorcio/a, taccagno/a; (gift) → misero/ato be stingy with (one's praise, money) → essere avaro/a di (food) → razionare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
stingy
(ˈstindʒi) adjective mean or ungenerous. My father's very stingy with his money; stingy portions of food.
ˈstingily adverbˈstinginess noun
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
stingy
→ بَخِيل, حَقِيرٌ lakomý, zlý nærig, ond geizig μοχθηρός, σπαγγοραμένος malo, mezquino, tacaño ilkeä, itara méchant, radin škrt, zločest meschino, tirchio けちな 인색한 gemeen, vrekkig gjerrig skąpy forreta, mesquinho, pão-duro скупой, убогий elak, snål ใจร้าย, ขี้เหนียว cimri, eli sıkı bần tiện, keo kiệt 吝啬的, 小气的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009