stingy

/'stindʤi/
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stingy

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

Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Unwilling to spend money or use resources; meanly frugal: Describes a person who is reluctant to give or share money, often to an excessive or unkind degree.
    • Meager or scanty: Describes something provided in a small, inadequate, or grudging amount.
Usage
  • The primary use is to describe a person's character regarding money and generosity.
  • It is often used in a critical or disapproving way.
  • It can also describe the insufficient nature of an amount or offering.
Examples
  • Describing a person:
    • He was too stingy to leave a tip for the waiter.
    • My stingy uncle never buys gifts for anyone.
  • Describing an amount or offering:
    • The company gave a stingy bonus this year.
    • She served a stingy portion of dessert.
Advanced Usage
  • "Stingy with": This common collocation specifies what someone is unwilling to give.
    • He's stingy with his praise. (He rarely gives compliments.)
    • They are stingy with information. (They share very little information.)
Variants and Related Words
  • Stinginess (noun): The quality of being stingy.
    • His stinginess is well-known among his friends.
  • Stint (verb): To be very economical or sparing with something.
    • He didn't stint on the ingredients for the meal. (He was generous.)
Synonyms
  • Miserly: Suggests a hoarding of wealth and living in poverty to save money.
  • Parsimonious: A more formal term implying extreme frugality.
  • Tightfisted: Informal, emphasizing a reluctance to spend money.
  • Niggardly (dated/formal): Meanly stingy.
  • Cheap (informal): Reluctant to spend money.
Antonyms
  • Generous: Willing to give and share freely.
  • Lavish: Giving or spending in great amounts.
  • Open-handed: Generous in giving.
Idioms and Phrases
  • Penny-pincher (noun, informal): A person who is extremely stingy with money.
    • He's such a penny-pincher that he reuses tea bags.
  • Tight as a drum (simile, informal): Extremely stingy.
    • When it comes to lending money, he's as tight as a drum.
stingy

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

Adjective
  1. deficient in amount or quality or extent
    • meager resources
    • meager fare
  2. unwilling to spend
    • she practices economy without being stingy
    • an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds

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