stingy
adjective/ˈstɪndʒi/
/ˈstɪndʒi/
(comparative stingier, superlative stingiest)
(informal)- not given or giving willingly; not generous, especially with money synonym mean
- You're stingy! (= not willing to spend money)
- Don't be so stingy with the cream!
- It was a stingy offer and he turned it down.
Word Originmid 17th cent.: perhaps a dialect variant of the noun sting + -y.Definitions on the go
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