Definition/Meaning of stingy

• English - Adjective: stingy (comparative stingier, superlative stingiest) Unwilling to spend , give, or share ; ungenerous ; mean . 1909, Lucy Maud Montgomery, chapter XVIII, in Anne of Avonlea: "Well, I'm doing my best to grow," said Davy, "but it's a thing you can't hurry much. If Marilla wasn't so stingy with her jam I believe I'd grow a lot faster." Small , scant , meager , insufficient . 1985 April 13, Charles…
• English - Anagrams: stying
• English - Etymology: Etymology 1. Uncertain, possibly from stinge , a dialectal variation of sting (verb). Etymology 2. From sting + -y .
• English - Pronunciation: IPA: /ˈstɪnd͡ʒi/ , /ˈstɪŋi/ Rhymes: -ɪnd͡ʒi Rhymes: -ɪŋi
• English - Synonyms: as tight as Dick's hatband cheap cheeseparing chintzy close close as wax close-fisted illiberal mean miserable miserly narrow-fisted niggardly nipcheese parsimonious peddling penny-wise penny-pinching penurious scrooge-like scrubby shabby still got one's communion money swear tight tight-fisted tight as a tick tighter than Dick's hatband ungenerous ungiving