Crossword clues for stingier
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stingy \Stin"gy\, a. [Compar. Stingier; superl. Stingiest.] [Probably from sting, and meaning originally, stinging; hence, biting, nipping (of the wind), churlish, avaricious; or cf. E. skinch.] Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl.
A stingy, narrow-hearted fellow that had a deal of
choice fruit, had not the heart to touch it till it
began to be rotten.
--L'estrange.
Wiktionary
a. (en-comparative of: stingy)
WordNet
adj. not generous; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds" [syn: ungenerous] [ant: generous]
selfishly unwilling to share with others [syn: ungenerous]
See stingy
Usage examples of "stingier".
This was explained to Eve with some snippiness by the personnel manager, who reigned in an office even smaller and stingier than Eve's at Central.
Tell me, is Father stingier than usual with the money he doles out to you to run the house?
He had been smiling at the sight of Byron meeting someone even stingier with words than the up-timer, but now realized he was supposed to ask something.