stingy

[US]/ˈstɪndʒi/
[UK]/ˈstɪndʒi/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. unwilling to spend or give, miserly, niggardly
Comparative: stingier, superlative: stingiest

Example Sentences

a stingy meal; stingy with details about the past.

his employer is stingy and idle.

tense piano strings. See also Synonyms at stingy

a proximate neighborhood. See also Synonyms at complete ,familiar ,stingy far

a fond and openhanded grandfather. See also Synonyms at broad-minded stingy

he was generous and hospitable in contrast to his stingy and penurious wife.

After the death of his stingy wife, Edward loosened up a great deal.

Real-world Examples

The Tories were the stingiest, promising just an additional 3bn pounds.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

Maybe she was the stingiest woman.

Source: 101 Children's English Stories

Don't be stingy with the Mayo.

Source: The New Yorker (video edition)

Others words with the same meaning are miserly and stingy.

Source: VOA Special December 2018 Collection

Do you know someone who stingy?

Source: Sara's British English class

The stingy old man won't give any money to charity.

Source: Lai Shixiong Advanced English Vocabulary 3500

In it we see old Ebenezer Scrooge, rich, cross, and stingy.

Source: American Elementary School English 4

He's really stingy and thinks twice before buying a bottle of wine.

Source: Sara's British English class

My boyfriend is very stingy. The hotel where we stayed was cheap and nasty. I wouldn't recommend it.

Source: BBC Authentic English

But to build it, a weak and stingy state had to rely on brutality.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

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