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# stingy

adjective (stingy, stingier, stingiest)

«stingy» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (informal) Not willing to spend or share money, food or things; mean with money. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stingy/#m1)
2. (informal) Small in amount: a stingy portion. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stingy/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday talk and stories, a stingy character does not want to give or share, like Scrooge. In maths with real speech, a stingy person gives the smallest share. Phrases: stingy with money, stingy portions.

### Examples

- Don't be stingy — share your sweets! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stingy/#x1)
- The stingy shopkeeper gave nobody a discount. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stingy/#x2)
- The café gave us a stingy little slice of cake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stingy/#x3)
- Uncle Bob is so stingy he reuses tea bags. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stingy/#x4)
- She's stingy with praise but very fair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stingy/#x5)
- Scrooge was the stingiest man in town. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stingy/#x6)
- Once upon a time there lived a man called Simon, who was very rich, but at the same time as stingy and miserly as he could be. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stingy/#x7)

### Note

Pronounced STIN-jee (soft g), not like sting. In UK English «mean» also means stingy; in the US mean usually means unkind. Synonyms: tight (informal), miserly; opposite: generous.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «stingy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stingy/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«stingy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stingy.html) on Mova free.