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1. (adj.) stingy
reluctant to give or spend; niggardly; penurious.
2. stingy
scanty or meager.
a miserly neighbor.
Etymology: (1650–60; perh. der. of dial. stingesting ; see -y1)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) stingy, ungenerous
unwilling to spend
"she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds"
2. (adj) meager, meagre, meagerly, stingy, scrimpy
deficient in amount or quality or extent
"meager resources"; "meager fare"
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1. (adjective) stingy
≠ generous
Don't be so stingy - it's for charity.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) stingy
stinging; able to sting
2. stingy
extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl
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Sense: mean or ungenerous
My father's very stingy with his money; stingy portions of food.
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 Afrikaans: branderig |
 Arabic: بَخيل |
 Bulgarian: стиснат |
 Brazilian: sovina |
 Czech: lakomý; mizerný |
 German: knickerig |
 Danish: fedtet |
 Greek: τσιγκούνης, τσιγκούνικος |
 Spanish: mezquino, tacaño, parco, |
 Estonian: kitsi |
 Farsi: خسيس |
 Finnish: saita |
 French: avare; chiche |
 Hebrew: קַמצָן |
 Hindi: कंजूस, मक्खीचूस |
 Croatian: škrt, oskudan |
 Hungarian: fukar |
 Indonesian: kikir |
 Icelandic: nískur |
 Italian: avaro; scarso |
 Japanese: けちな |
 Korean: 인색한 |
 Lithuanian: šykštus |
 Latvian: skops |
 Malay: kedekut |
 Dutch: gierig |
 Norwegian: gjerrig, gnien, smålig |
 Polish: skąpy |
 Portuguese: sovina |
 Romanian: avar; zgârcit; meschin |
 Russian: скаредно; скудно |
 Slovak: lakomý; mizerný |
 Slovenian: skop |
 Serbian: škrt |
 Swedish: snål |
 Thai: ขี้เหนียว |
 Turkish: cimri |
 Taiwanese: 吝嗇的，小氣的 |
 Ukrainian: скупий, скнарий |
 Urdu: کنجوس |
 Vietnamese: keo kiệt, bủn xỉn |
 Chinese: 吝啬的，小气的 |
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