English > stingy: 2 senses > adjective 1Meaning | Unwilling to spend. |
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Example | "she practices economy without being stingy" |
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Synonym | ungenerous |
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Attribute of | generosity, generousness | The trait of being willing / willing to give your money or time |
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Narrower | beggarly, mean | (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt / contempt |
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cheap, chinchy, chintzy | embarrassingly stingy |
cheeseparing, close, near, penny-pinching, skinny | Giving or spending with reluctance |
closefisted, hardfisted, tightfisted | Unwilling to part with money |
grudging, niggardly, scrimy | petty or reluctant in giving or spending |
mean, mingy, miserly, tight | (used of persons or behavior / behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity / generosity |
parsimonious, penurious | excessively unwilling to spend |
See also | selfish | concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others |
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uncharitable | lacking love and generosity / generosity |
ungenerous, meanspirited | lacking in magnanimity |
Opposite | generous | willing to give and share unstintingly |
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Spanish | agarrado, avaricioso, avaro, cicatero, mezquino, rácano, rancio, rata, roñoso, tacaño |
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Catalan | agarrat, avar, avariciós, garrepa, gasiu, mesquí, ranci, rata, ronyós, tacany |
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Nouns | stinginess | a lack of generosity / generosity |
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Adverbs | stingily | in a stingy manner |
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English > stingy: 2 senses > adjective 2Meaning | Deficient in amount or quality or extent. |
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Synonyms | meager, meagre, meagerly, scrimpy |
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Attribute of | sufficiency, adequacy | The quality of being sufficient for the end in view |
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Narrower | bare, scanty, spare | lacking in amplitude or quantity |
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exiguous | Extremely scanty |
hand-to-mouth | Providing only bare essentials |
hardscrabble | Barely satisfying a lower standard |
measly, miserable, paltry | contemptibly small in amount |
See also | insufficient, deficient | Of a quantity not able to fulfill / fulfill a need or requirement |
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minimal, minimum | The least possible |
scarce | Deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand |
Opposite | ample | More than enough in size or scope or capacity |
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Spanish | deficiente, escaso, exiguo, pobre, raquítico |
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Catalan | escàs, exigu, raquític |
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