stingy

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

adjective

1. unwilling to spend
- she practices economy without being stingy
- an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds
• Syn:
ungenerous
• Ant:
generous
• Similar to:
beggarly, mean, cheap, chinchy, chintzy,
cheeseparing, close, near, penny-pinching, skinny, closefisted,
hardfisted, tightfisted, grudging, niggardly, scrimy, mingy,
miserly, tight, parsimonious, penurious
• See Also:
selfish, uncharitable, ungenerous, meanspirited
• Derivationally related forms:
stinginess
• Attrubites:
generosity, generousness
2. deficient in amount or quality or extent
- meager resources
- meager fare
• Syn:
meager, meagre, meagerly, scrimpy
• Ant:
ample (for: meager)
• Similar to:
bare, scanty, spare, exiguous, hand-to-mouth,
hardscrabble, measly, miserable, paltry
• See Also:
insufficient, deficient, minimal, minimum, scarce
• Derivationally related forms:
meagreness (for: meagre), meagerness (for: meager)
• Attrubites:
sufficiency, adequacy

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  meager, meagre, meagerly, scrimpy, ungenerous
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  ample, generous