stingy
adjective
[ ˈstɪn(d)ʒi ]
• mean; ungenerous.
• "his boss is stingy and idle"
Similar:
miserly,
parsimonious,
close-fisted,
penny-pinching,
cheese-paring,
penurious,
Scrooge-like,
ungenerous,
illiberal,
close,
mean,
mingy,
tight,
tight-fisted,
cheap,
near,
tight-arsed,
tight-assed,
Origin:
mid 17th century: perhaps a dialect variant of the noun sting + -y1.
