Stingy

Word STINGY
Character 6
Hyphenation stin gy sting y
Pronunciations /ˈstɪndʒi/

Definitions and meanings of "Stingy"

What do we mean by stingy?

Giving or spending reluctantly. adjective

Scanty or meager. adjective

Stinging; piercing, as the wind; sharp, as a criticism.

Ill-tempered.

Meanly avaricious; extremely close-fisted and covetous; niggardly: as, a stingy fellow.

Scanty; not full or plentiful.

Synonyms Parsimonious, Miserly, etc. (see penurious), illiberal, ungenerous, saving, chary.

Stinging; able to sting. adjective

Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious. adjective

Stinging; able to sting. adjective

Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl. adjective

Deficient in amount or quality or extent adjective

Unwilling to spend adjective

Unwilling to spend, give, or share; ungenerous; mean

Small, scant, meager, insufficient

Synonyms and Antonyms for Stingy

The word "stingy" in example sentences

The chiefs left the ship displeased at what they called stingy conduct in the captain, as they were accustomed to receive trifling presents from the traders on the coast. ❋ Unknown (1913)

The correct spelling of the word for stingy is tacaño. ❋ Unknown (2005)

States that have been labeled 'stingy' -- reported to lag behind the nation in charitable giving – - actually have higher generosity levels than those previously indicated by a widely-touted annual index, according to a new study by researchers at the Boston College Center on Wealth and Philanthropy. ❋ Unknown (2005)

In the immediate aftermath of the tsunami, president Bush pledged $35 million and then, under pressure from the media and other nations - to say nothing of the United Nations, which accused the US of being "stingy" - increased contributions to $350 million. ❋ Unknown (2010)

They set up a money-market account and "became a little more stingy, which is easy when you're sitting around the house with a kid," says Mr. Williams, 32. ❋ Unknown (2011)

And he did this while our country was being called stingy by the UN and was being mocked by the German media for always wanting military solutions to problems. ❋ Unknown (2010)

One possible reason for Bachmann's failure to win the position, as HuffPost's Ryan Grim wrote last week, is that she was known as stingy with her campaign war chest: ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2010)

I hope you are not being stingy, which is the antithesis of an autumnal attitude. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The so-called stingy-brim hat, with a brim 1-1/2 inches wide, is considered more modern than those carrying standard 2-1/2-inch widths, and straw versions have been big sellers this summer. ❋ Bill Crider (2009)

The so-called stingy-brim hat, with a brim 1½ inches wide, is considered more modern than those carrying standard 2½-inch widths, and straw versions have been big sellers this summer. ❋ Unknown (2009)

We'll also ask the man who initially made that so-called stingy charge, Jan Egeland, the head of the relief efforts over at the United Nations. ❋ Unknown (2005)

The Bush administration pledged 15 million in aid and was promptly called stingy by the United Nations emergency relief coordinator. ❋ Unknown (2004)

A man cannot bear to be called stingy or disobliging. ❋ George Turner (N/A)

She was called stingy and it was said that she and her husband had cheated every one with whom they had dealings in order to get their start in life. ❋ Sherwood Anderson (1908)

It was, indeed, because he would not allow himself to be fleeced, that he was called stingy by those who are always bent upon giving money from any purses but their own. ❋ Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852 (1854)

It was, indeed, because he would not allow himself to be _fleeced_, that he was called stingy by those who are always bent upon giving money from any purses but their own. ❋ Thomas Moore (1815)

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