Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Giving or spending reluctantly.
- adjective Scanty or meager.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Ill-tempered.
- Meanly avaricious; extremely close-fisted and covetous; niggardly: as, a stingy fellow.
- Scanty; not full or plentiful.
- Synonyms Parsimonious, Miserly, etc. (see
penurious ), illiberal, ungenerous, saving, chary. - Stinging; piercing, as the wind; sharp, as a criticism.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Stinging; able to sting.
- adjective Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Stinging ; able to sting. - adjective Extremely close and
covetous ; meanlyavaricious ;niggardly ;miserly ;penurious ; as, a stingy churl.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective deficient in amount or quality or extent
- adjective unwilling to spend
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The chiefs left the ship displeased at what they called stingy conduct in the captain, as they were accustomed to receive trifling presents from the traders on the coast.
Adventures of the first settlers on the Oregon or Columbia River 1913
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The correct spelling of the word for stingy is tacaño.
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States that have been labeled 'stingy' -- reported to lag behind the nation in charitable giving – - actually have higher generosity levels than those previously indicated by a widely-touted annual index, according to a new study by researchers at the Boston College Center on Wealth and Philanthropy.
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In the immediate aftermath of the tsunami, president Bush pledged $35 million and then, under pressure from the media and other nations - to say nothing of the United Nations, which accused the US of being "stingy" - increased contributions to $350 million.
EU Referendum 2010
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They set up a money-market account and "became a little more stingy, which is easy when you're sitting around the house with a kid," says Mr. Williams, 32.
The Game Plan 2011
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And he did this while our country was being called stingy by the UN and was being mocked by the German media for always wanting military solutions to problems.
Jindal, the Coast Guard, and the barges: government efficiency at its finest 2010
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One possible reason for Bachmann's failure to win the position, as HuffPost's Ryan Grim wrote last week, is that she was known as stingy with her campaign war chest:
Michele Bachmann's GOP Conference Chair Bid OVER The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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I hope you are not being stingy, which is the antithesis of an autumnal attitude.
Dr. Cara Barker: An Equinox Prescription for Love, This Autumn 2010
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I hope you are not being stingy, which is the antithesis of an autumnal attitude.
Dr. Cara Barker: An Equinox Prescription for Love, This Autumn 2010
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One possible reason for Bachmann's failure to win the position, as HuffPost's Ryan Grim wrote last week, is that she was known as stingy with her campaign war chest:
Michele Bachmann's GOP Conference Chair Bid OVER The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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