stingy

a stingy meal; stingy with details about the past.

his employer is stingy and idle.

tense piano strings. See also Synonyms at stingy

a proximate neighborhood. See also Synonyms at complete ,familiar ,stingy far

a fond and openhanded grandfather. See also Synonyms at broad-minded stingy

he was generous and hospitable in contrast to his stingy and penurious wife.

After the death of his stingy wife, Edward loosened up a great deal.

The Tories were the stingiest, promising just an additional 3bn pounds.

Maybe she was the stingiest woman.

Don't be stingy with the Mayo.

Others words with the same meaning are miserly and stingy.

Do you know someone who stingy?

The stingy old man won't give any money to charity.

In it we see old Ebenezer Scrooge, rich, cross, and stingy.

He's really stingy and thinks twice before buying a bottle of wine.

My boyfriend is very stingy. The hotel where we stayed was cheap and nasty. I wouldn't recommend it.

But to build it, a weak and stingy state had to rely on brutality.