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stingy Definition and Meaning in English (stingy definition)

adjective
Synonyms:miserlyparsimoniouscheap
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Stingy definition: Unwilling to spend money or use resources; mean or ungenerous.

Definitions of Stingy

  1. 1adjective

    Unwilling to spend money or use resources; mean or ungenerous.

Example Sentences

“He is too stingy to buy a round of drinks for his friends.”

“Don't be so stingy with the sauce; add more!”

Synonyms

miserlyparsimoniouscheaptight-fisted

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Inflected Word Forms

nounstinginess
adverbstingily

Phrases & Idiomatic Expressions

stingy withcollocation

Unwilling to give or share a particular thing.

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Stingy definition: Unwilling to spend money or use resources; mean or ungenerous.
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