Associations to the word «Stingy»
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Wiktionary
STINGY, adjective. Stinging; able to sting.
STINGY, adjective. Unwilling to spend, give, or share; ungenerous; extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl.
STINGY, adjective. Small, scant, meager, insufficient
Dictionary definition
STINGY, adjective. Unwilling to spend; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds".
STINGY, adjective. Deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare".
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