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stingy

1

[ stin-jee ]

adjective

, stin·gi·er, stin·gi·est.
  1. reluctant to give or spend; not generous; penurious:

    He's a stingy old miser.

    Synonyms: tight

    Antonyms: unselfish, liberal, generous

  2. scanty or meager:

    a stingy little income.

    Synonyms: poor, paltry, sparse



stingy

2

[ sting-ee ]

adjective

  1. having a sting.

stingy

1

/ ˈstɪndʒɪ /

adjective

  1. unwilling to spend or give
  2. insufficient or scanty
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


stingy

2

/ ˈstɪŋɪ /

adjective

  1. informal.
    stinging or capable of stinging
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. dialect.
    a stinging nettle

    I put my hand on a stingy

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈstinginess, noun
  • ˈstingily, adverb
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Other Words From

  • stin·gi·ly adverb
  • stin·gi·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of stingy1

First recorded in 1650–60; perhaps derivative of sting; -y 1

Origin of stingy2

First recorded in 1605–15; sting + -y 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of stingy1

C17 (perhaps in the sense: ill-tempered): perhaps from stinge, dialect variant of sting
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Synonym Study

Stingy, parsimonious, miserly, mean, close all mean reluctant to part with money or goods. Stingy, the most general of these terms, means unwilling to share, give, or spend possessions or money: children who are stingy with their toys; a stingy, grasping skinflint. Parsimonious describes an extreme stinginess arising from unusual or excessive frugality: a sternly parsimonious, penny-pinching existence. Miserly stresses a pathological pleasure in acquiring and hoarding money that is so powerful that even necessities are only grudgingly purchased: a wretched, miserly way of life. Mean suggests a small-minded, ignoble, petty stinginess leading to miserable, cheerless living: depressingly mean with his money; mean surroundings; a mean repast. Close implies extreme caution in spending money, even an aversion to spending: a close dealer, buying only at rock bottom prices; generous with advice, but very close with his money.
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Example Sentences

It is a small price to pay to punish the first player for being so stingy.

When it was the dogs’ turn to offer food to their human partners, the canines were no more likely to press the button to provide food for the helpful human than for the stingy one.

On the other end, he put up the seventh-best season in defensive RAPTOR, laying the foundation for the league’s second-stingiest defense overall.

Even with their newly potent offense, the Hawks will have their work cut out for them in a first round, as they match up with a stingy New York Knicks team that allowed the fewest points of any team this season.

Like many of the walled gardens — all of which are known for being stingy with access to information — Twitter may be hesitant to provide the level of access necessary for MRC to conduct its audits.

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His post-election press conference was too long, too provocative, and too stingy in his phoned-in praise for the winners.

The city is notoriously stingy with snow days, closing schools less than 10 times since 1978, including Friday.

Any way you look at it, corporate America has been very stingy.

Tired of being a poster child for stingy salaries, Walmart snarkily takes a leading left-wing critic to task.

John Paul Getty, Jr. was a major philanthropist, to a slew of causes, and he was not stingy.

He smiled a little, in his stingy way of doing it, taking her hand to allay her tumult of distress.

Let us rather remember that the Rev. Matthew Gibson was crazed, stingy withal, and had no child by his wife.

"It would be cruel to demand a large sum from that old and stingy man," remarked Le Glorieux.

"Since he knows so well how to make gold, I wonder why he is so stingy," whispered the jester to Antoine.

Kichibei, the eel-broiler, on finding this out, thought he would charge his stingy neighbor for the smell of his eels.

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