Definition of stingy in English:

stingy

adjectivestingier, stingiest ˈstɪn(d)ʒiˈstɪndʒi

informal

Mean; ungenerous.
his boss is stingy and idle
Example sentencesExamples
- We don't want to be stingy with those mortar rounds when the enemy is coming over the ridge.
- I work for a real estate firm that is extremely stingy with perks like that, even when it would benefit them
- Perhaps the most important aspect would have been the low power requirements of the Radioscape receiver: mobile phones have to be very stingy with battery capacity.
- He's stingy with the details of his life, yet she can't help but be intrigued.
- He was also very stingy with them and refused to give bulbs away or even to sell them.
- This area is quite stingy with information that really should be conveyed to anyone new with the game.
- Columbia has been a bit stingy with the scene selections, only allowing for 16 in the course of the 135 minutes.
- Although he supports his mother financially, he presents him as stingy and ungrateful, single-mindedly devoted to his own success.
- My dad usually was stingy with money, and had never given me more than twenty dollars for shopping before in my life.
- A U.N. official backs off from some comments that some nations are stingy with international aid.
- Meanwhile, on the same news day, we got word that while CEOs were being stingy with wages, they were going on a wild spending binge in another area: mergers.
- Plus, I don't understand how he can be so generous with his girlfriends (I recently found out he has more than one) and then be so stingy with his own children.
- I would like to link images to this post, but the Met is misguidedly stingy with their Web site.
- The Administration has been so stingy with reconstruction aid that he has literally had to come begging to Washington.
- Don't go for too much destruction with your weapons however as the game is at times rather stingy with its ammo supply.
- He gives the dullest parties in town and is stingy with the drinks.
- My problem is that Harpercollins is being really stingy with the Anansi Boys proofs.
- The budget chief for west Wiltshire has been barred from a town pub for being too stingy with his cash.
- As we reported earlier, an official from the United Nations accused large industrial nations of being stingy with international aid.
- Over the years, he's studied a considerable amount of information about supplements, and he's very stingy with his shelf space.
Synonyms
mean, miserly, parsimonious, niggardly, close-fisted, penny-pinching, cheese-paring, penurious, Scrooge-like, ungenerous, illiberal, close
informal mingy, tight, tight-fisted
North American informal cheap
vulgar slang tight-arsed
archaic near

Derivatives

stingily

adverb ˈstɪn(d)ʒɪli

informal

Meaning at any one point is given rather stingily, and received warily because of the obligations the gift entails.
Example sentencesExamples
- Public schools are bad, wages are low, strikes and illegal land seizures are increasing, unemployment and crime are high, jails are horribly overcrowded, and electrical power (think air conditioning) is stingily rationed.
- A thick Sicilian-style crust is drizzled stingily with tomato sauce and lightly sprinkled with cheese - it may very well represent the legal minimum that one can put on bread and still advertise it as pizza.
- QPF also could quickly expand use of magnesium, an even lighter and more expensive metal that currently is used stingily by auto makers.
- The young student explains to his friend how stingily the old woman conducts her business, how she beats her sister, and how the old woman decides to leave all her money to a monastery.

stinginess

noun ˈstɪndʒɪnəs

informal

But in other areas, she would seem to be thrifty to the point of stinginess.
Example sentencesExamples
- He represents a refreshing change from those politicians that the public hold responsible for failures in education, stinginess in the treasury and double-standards on leadership.
- Instead of making the case for disaster relief, he has been obliged to waste hours ‘clarifying’ initial undiplomatic remarks that he made about the stinginess of wealthy nations.
- Thus he contemplates both Shakespeare's stinginess and his peculiar kind of generosity, an imaginative one that transformed a dying wastrel into the immortal Falstaff.
- If ever an event deserved to be supported this one does, and my hope is that Queally's pub will be packed to the rafters in a show of appreciation of the parents who simply refused to be beaten by the stinginess of the Department of Education.

Origin

Mid 17th century: perhaps a dialect variant of the noun sting + -y¹.

Rhymes

dingy, fringy, mingy, whingy clingy, dinghy, springy, stringy, swingy, thingy, zingy

Definition of stingy in US English:

stingy

adjectiveˈstɪndʒiˈstinjē

informal

Unwilling to give or spend; ungenerous.
his employer is stingy and idle
he was stingy with his information
Example sentencesExamples
- A U.N. official backs off from some comments that some nations are stingy with international aid.
- I would like to link images to this post, but the Met is misguidedly stingy with their Web site.
- Although he supports his mother financially, he presents him as stingy and ungrateful, single-mindedly devoted to his own success.
- My problem is that Harpercollins is being really stingy with the Anansi Boys proofs.
- The Administration has been so stingy with reconstruction aid that he has literally had to come begging to Washington.
- This area is quite stingy with information that really should be conveyed to anyone new with the game.
- I work for a real estate firm that is extremely stingy with perks like that, even when it would benefit them
- Meanwhile, on the same news day, we got word that while CEOs were being stingy with wages, they were going on a wild spending binge in another area: mergers.
- Don't go for too much destruction with your weapons however as the game is at times rather stingy with its ammo supply.
- He was also very stingy with them and refused to give bulbs away or even to sell them.
- He gives the dullest parties in town and is stingy with the drinks.
- Over the years, he's studied a considerable amount of information about supplements, and he's very stingy with his shelf space.
- Plus, I don't understand how he can be so generous with his girlfriends (I recently found out he has more than one) and then be so stingy with his own children.
- As we reported earlier, an official from the United Nations accused large industrial nations of being stingy with international aid.
- We don't want to be stingy with those mortar rounds when the enemy is coming over the ridge.
- My dad usually was stingy with money, and had never given me more than twenty dollars for shopping before in my life.
- He's stingy with the details of his life, yet she can't help but be intrigued.
- Columbia has been a bit stingy with the scene selections, only allowing for 16 in the course of the 135 minutes.
- Perhaps the most important aspect would have been the low power requirements of the Radioscape receiver: mobile phones have to be very stingy with battery capacity.
- The budget chief for west Wiltshire has been barred from a town pub for being too stingy with his cash.
Synonyms
mean, miserly, parsimonious, niggardly, close-fisted, penny-pinching, cheese-paring, penurious, scrooge-like, ungenerous, illiberal, close

Origin

Mid 17th century: perhaps a dialect variant of the noun sting + -y.

单词	stingy
释义	Definition of stingy in English: stingy adjectivestingier, stingiest ˈstɪn(d)ʒiˈstɪndʒi informal Mean; ungenerous. his boss is stingy and idle Example sentencesExamples We don't want to be stingy with those mortar rounds when the enemy is coming over the ridge. I work for a real estate firm that is extremely stingy with perks like that, even when it would benefit them Perhaps the most important aspect would have been the low power requirements of the Radioscape receiver: mobile phones have to be very stingy with battery capacity. He's stingy with the details of his life, yet she can't help but be intrigued. He was also very stingy with them and refused to give bulbs away or even to sell them. This area is quite stingy with information that really should be conveyed to anyone new with the game. Columbia has been a bit stingy with the scene selections, only allowing for 16 in the course of the 135 minutes. Although he supports his mother financially, he presents him as stingy and ungrateful, single-mindedly devoted to his own success. My dad usually was stingy with money, and had never given me more than twenty dollars for shopping before in my life. A U.N. official backs off from some comments that some nations are stingy with international aid. Meanwhile, on the same news day, we got word that while CEOs were being stingy with wages, they were going on a wild spending binge in another area: mergers. Plus, I don't understand how he can be so generous with his girlfriends (I recently found out he has more than one) and then be so stingy with his own children. I would like to link images to this post, but the Met is misguidedly stingy with their Web site. The Administration has been so stingy with reconstruction aid that he has literally had to come begging to Washington. Don't go for too much destruction with your weapons however as the game is at times rather stingy with its ammo supply. He gives the dullest parties in town and is stingy with the drinks. My problem is that Harpercollins is being really stingy with the Anansi Boys proofs. The budget chief for west Wiltshire has been barred from a town pub for being too stingy with his cash. As we reported earlier, an official from the United Nations accused large industrial nations of being stingy with international aid. Over the years, he's studied a considerable amount of information about supplements, and he's very stingy with his shelf space. Synonyms mean, miserly, parsimonious, niggardly, close-fisted, penny-pinching, cheese-paring, penurious, Scrooge-like, ungenerous, illiberal, close informal mingy, tight, tight-fisted North American informal cheap vulgar slang tight-arsed archaic near Derivatives stingily adverb ˈstɪn(d)ʒɪli informal Meaning at any one point is given rather stingily, and received warily because of the obligations the gift entails. Example sentencesExamples Public schools are bad, wages are low, strikes and illegal land seizures are increasing, unemployment and crime are high, jails are horribly overcrowded, and electrical power (think air conditioning) is stingily rationed. A thick Sicilian-style crust is drizzled stingily with tomato sauce and lightly sprinkled with cheese - it may very well represent the legal minimum that one can put on bread and still advertise it as pizza. QPF also could quickly expand use of magnesium, an even lighter and more expensive metal that currently is used stingily by auto makers. The young student explains to his friend how stingily the old woman conducts her business, how she beats her sister, and how the old woman decides to leave all her money to a monastery. stinginess noun ˈstɪndʒɪnəs informal But in other areas, she would seem to be thrifty to the point of stinginess. Example sentencesExamples He represents a refreshing change from those politicians that the public hold responsible for failures in education, stinginess in the treasury and double-standards on leadership. Instead of making the case for disaster relief, he has been obliged to waste hours ‘clarifying’ initial undiplomatic remarks that he made about the stinginess of wealthy nations. Thus he contemplates both Shakespeare's stinginess and his peculiar kind of generosity, an imaginative one that transformed a dying wastrel into the immortal Falstaff. If ever an event deserved to be supported this one does, and my hope is that Queally's pub will be packed to the rafters in a show of appreciation of the parents who simply refused to be beaten by the stinginess of the Department of Education. Origin Mid 17th century: perhaps a dialect variant of the noun sting + -y¹. Rhymes dingy, fringy, mingy, whingy clingy, dinghy, springy, stringy, swingy, thingy, zingy Definition of stingy in US English: stingy adjectiveˈstɪndʒiˈstinjē informal Unwilling to give or spend; ungenerous. his employer is stingy and idle he was stingy with his information Example sentencesExamples A U.N. official backs off from some comments that some nations are stingy with international aid. I would like to link images to this post, but the Met is misguidedly stingy with their Web site. Although he supports his mother financially, he presents him as stingy and ungrateful, single-mindedly devoted to his own success. My problem is that Harpercollins is being really stingy with the Anansi Boys proofs. The Administration has been so stingy with reconstruction aid that he has literally had to come begging to Washington. This area is quite stingy with information that really should be conveyed to anyone new with the game. I work for a real estate firm that is extremely stingy with perks like that, even when it would benefit them Meanwhile, on the same news day, we got word that while CEOs were being stingy with wages, they were going on a wild spending binge in another area: mergers. Don't go for too much destruction with your weapons however as the game is at times rather stingy with its ammo supply. He was also very stingy with them and refused to give bulbs away or even to sell them. He gives the dullest parties in town and is stingy with the drinks. Over the years, he's studied a considerable amount of information about supplements, and he's very stingy with his shelf space. Plus, I don't understand how he can be so generous with his girlfriends (I recently found out he has more than one) and then be so stingy with his own children. As we reported earlier, an official from the United Nations accused large industrial nations of being stingy with international aid. We don't want to be stingy with those mortar rounds when the enemy is coming over the ridge. My dad usually was stingy with money, and had never given me more than twenty dollars for shopping before in my life. He's stingy with the details of his life, yet she can't help but be intrigued. Columbia has been a bit stingy with the scene selections, only allowing for 16 in the course of the 135 minutes. Perhaps the most important aspect would have been the low power requirements of the Radioscape receiver: mobile phones have to be very stingy with battery capacity. The budget chief for west Wiltshire has been barred from a town pub for being too stingy with his cash. Synonyms mean, miserly, parsimonious, niggardly, close-fisted, penny-pinching, cheese-paring, penurious, scrooge-like, ungenerous, illiberal, close Origin Mid 17th century: perhaps a dialect variant of the noun sting + -y.
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