Meaning

3 senses
  1. Unwilling to spend, give, or share; ungenerous; mean.

    geizig, knauserig, knausrig

    скупо́йskupój, ска́редныйskárednyj, прижи́мистыйprižímistyj

    жа́дібнийžádibnyj, жаді́бнийžadíbnyj, жа́днийžádnyj

    unwilling to spend (money, time, resources, etc.)

  2. Small, scant, meager, insufficient.

  3. (informal)Stinging; able or inclined to sting.

    stechend, stech-

    жалящийžaljaščij

Examples

118 sentences
  1. I know that Tom is stingy.

    Я знаю, що Том жадібний.

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  2. Tom is very stingy, isn't he?

    Том правда же дуже скупий?

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  3. I think that Tom is stingy.

    Мені здається, Том жадібний.

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  4. Tom is very stingy.

    Том дуже скупий.

    ruТом очень скуп.

    deTom ist sehr geizig.

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  5. I think Tom is stingy.

    Мені здається, Том жадібний.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
unwilling to spend or give:
Русский
By meaning 2
unwilling to spend or give:
able to sting:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
unwilling to spend or give:
able to sting:

Origin

Uncertain, possibly from stinge, a dialectal variation of sting (verb). From sting + -y.

Uncertain, possibly from stinge, a dialectal variation of sting (verb).

From sting + -y.

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Forms

stingier, stingiest
Comparativestingier Lesson
Superlativestingiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

35 synonyms

Antonyms

5 antonyms

Word family

13 related words

Collocations

4 patterns
  • a bit stingy
  • as stingy as
  • bit stingy
  • stingy person

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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