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- pronunciation:
- stIn
ji
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
stingier, stingiest |
| definition 1: |
spending or giving grudgingly or as little as possible; miserly.
Her stingy boss hasn't given her a raise in ten years.- synonyms:
- miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, tight
- antonyms:
- bighearted, bountiful, generous, liberal, prodigal
- similar words:
- cheap, cheeseparing, churlish, close-fisted, mean, niggard, penurious, skimpy, stinting, tightfisted
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| definition 2: |
less than expected or needed; meager; scanty.
He's fabulously wealthy but gives only stingy amounts to charity.- synonyms:
- meager, scant, scanty, skimpy
- antonyms:
- generous
- similar words:
- frugal, inadequate, mean, niggardly, paltry, piddling, pitiful, poor, scrimpy, slender, thin, trifling
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| related words: |
abstemious, sordid, spare, sparing, thrifty |
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| derivations: |
stingily (adv.), stinginess (n.) |
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