miserly, ungenerous, parsimonious, niggardly
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Stingy Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Stingy Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(superl.)
Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl.
Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl.
(a.)
Stinging; able to sting.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutStinging; able to sting.
stingy
\sting"y\ (?), a. stinging; able to sting.
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. 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.
stingy
adj
1. not generous; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds" [syn: ungenerous]
[ant: generous]
2. selfishly unwilling to share with others [syn: ungenerous]
Cheap, unwilling to spend money.
Adjective
1. not generous; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds"
(synonym) ungenerous
(antonym) generous
(similar) beggarly, mean
(see-also) selfish
(attribute) generosity, generousness
2. selfishly unwilling to share with others
(synonym) ungenerous
(similar) selfish
Stingy Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Stingy may refer to one of the following:
- A miser
- The name of a fictional puppet character on LazyTown
- Stingy (song), single by Ginuwine
- Stingy (Jordan Knight song), 2011 single by Jordan Knight
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