Enter the word for search

stingy

/ˈstɪn.dʒi/

stingyadjective

stingier

Comp.

stingiest

Super.

/ˈstɪn.dʒi/

Translations

He is too stingy to buy a gift for his friend's birthday.

Он слишком скупой, чтобы купить подарок на день рождения своего друга.

Her stingy nature made her unpopular among her colleagues.

Ее жадный характер сделал ее непопулярной среди коллег.

Definitions

Unwilling to give or spend; ungenerous.

He was so stingy that he wouldn't even lend his friend a dollar.

Smaller or less generous in quantity than expected; meager.

The restaurant gave us a stingy portion of fries.

Causing or capable of causing a stinging or smarting sensation; prickly; producing sharp pain.

The stingy nettles left red welts on her ankles.

Synonyms

Antonyms