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STINGY
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Irregular inflected forms: stingier , stingiest
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deficient in amount or quality or extent
Example:
meager fare
Synonyms:
meager; meagerly; meagre; scrimpy; stingy
Classified under:
Similar:
bare; scanty; spare (lacking in magnitude 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)
Also:
scarce (deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand)
minimal; minimum (the least possible)
deficient; insufficient (of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement)
Attribute:
adequacy; sufficiency (the quality of being sufficient for the end in view)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Unwilling to spend (money, time, resources, etc.)
Example:
an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds
Synonyms:
stingy; ungenerous
Classified under:
Similar:
parsimonious; penurious (excessively unwilling to spend)
mean; mingy; miserly; tight ((used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity)
grudging; niggardly; scrimy (petty or reluctant in giving or spending)
closefisted; hardfisted; tightfisted (unwilling to part with money)
cheeseparing; close; near; penny-pinching; skinny (giving or spending with reluctance)
cheap; chinchy; chintzy (embarrassingly stingy)
beggarly; mean ((used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt)
Also:
meanspirited; ungenerous (lacking in magnanimity)
selfish (concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others)
uncharitable (lacking love and generosity)
Attribute:
generosity; generousness (the trait of being willing to give your money or time)
Antonym:
generous (willing to give and share unstintingly)
Derivation:
stinginess (a lack of generosity; a general unwillingness to part with money)
