HyperDic: stingy

English > 2 senses of the word *stingy*:
ADJECTIVE	all	stingy, ungenerous	unwilling to spend
ADJECTIVE	all	stingy, meager, meagre, meagerly, scrimpy	deficient in amount or quality or extent

stingy > pronunciation
Sounds	stih'njhiy
Rhymes	Agee ... zoology: 128 rhymes with jhiy...

English > *stingy*: 2 senses > adjective 1
Meaning	Unwilling to spend.
Example	"she practices economy without being stingy"
Synonym	ungenerous
Attribute of	generosity, generousness	The trait of being willing / willing to give your money or time
Narrower	beggarly, mean	(used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt / contempt
	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
	uncharitable	lacking love and generosity / generosity
	ungenerous, meanspirited	lacking in magnanimity
Opposite	generous	willing to give and share unstintingly
Spanish	agarrado, avaricioso, avaro, cicatero, mezquino, rácano, rancio, rata, roñoso, tacaño
Catalan	agarrat, avar, avariciós, garrepa, gasiu, mesquí, ranci, rata, ronyós, tacany
Nouns	stinginess	a lack of generosity / generosity
Adverbs	stingily	in a stingy manner

English > *stingy*: 2 senses > adjective 2
Meaning	Deficient in amount or quality or extent.
Synonyms	meager, meagre, meagerly, scrimpy
Attribute of	sufficiency, adequacy	The quality of being sufficient for the end in view
Narrower	bare, scanty, spare	lacking in amplitude or quantity
	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
	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
Spanish	deficiente, escaso, exiguo, pobre, raquítico
Catalan	escàs, exigu, raquític

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