Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - stingy
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(stingier, stingiest) If you describe someone as stingy, you are criticizing them for being unwilling to spend money. (INFORMAL) Winston was not a stingy man. = mean ? generous ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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adjective (stingier; -est) Etymology: perhaps from English dialect *stinge, noun, sting; akin to Old English stingan to sting Date: 1659 1. not generous or liberal ; sparing or scant in using, giving, or spending ~ with the salt ~ employee benefits 2. meanly scanty or small ~ portions of meat • stingily adverb • stinginess noun Synonyms: ~, close, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, miserly mean being unwilling or showing unwillingness to share with others. ~ implies a marked lack of generosity a ~ child, not given to sharing. close suggests keeping a tight grip on one's money and possessions folks who are very close when charity calls. niggardly implies giving or spending the very smallest amount possible the niggardly amount budgeted for the town library. parsimonious suggests a frugality so extreme as to lead to stinginess a parsimonious lifestyle notably lacking in luxuries. penurious implies niggardliness that gives an appearance of actual poverty the penurious eccentric bequeathed a fortune. miserly suggests a sordid avariciousness and a morbid pleasure in hoarding a miserly couple devoid of social conscience. ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. (stingier, stingiest) niggardly, mean. Derivatives stingily adv. stinginess n. Etymology: perh. f. dial. stinge STING ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. жалящий 2. скупой, скаредный stingy man —- скупой человек he is a bit stingy —- он жадноват don't be so stingy with the sugar —- не жалей сахару 3. скудный, ограниченный ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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adj. 1) скаредный, скупой 2) ограниченный, скудный; stingy crop - скудный урожай Syn: see greedy ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 1659, possibly a dialectal alteration of earlier stingy "biting, sharp, stinging" (c.1615), from sting. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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