stingystin‧gy /ˈstɪndʒi/ adjective 
Word Origin
She’s too stingy to give money to charity.2a stingy amount of something, especially food, is too small: a stingy portion of vegetables—stingily adverb—stinginess noun [uncountable]
Word OriginWORD ORIGINstingy
ExamplesOrigin:
1600-1700 Probably from an unrecorded English dialect stinge ‘sting’ (noun)EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- Don't be so stingy! It's your turn to buy me a drink.
- I don't know why they were so stingy with the drinks -- they have plenty of money.
- I was given a stingy portion of vegetables with rice.
- It's no use asking him - he's too stingy to give money to charity.
- Residents here have a history of being stingy with their tax dollars.
- They are rich, but they are terribly stingy.
- Another accuses his dad of being a bit stingy.
- He became stingy with words, and sombre.
- Perhaps it should be noted that many persons will think that three ounces of cooked lean meat make a stingy portion.
- They confuse popularity with wealth, and you are labelled as stingy.
- They were too stingy to eat and too cheap to shit.
Longman Language Activatornot generous► stingy
1informal not generous, especially with money SYN mean: also miserly not generous, especially in small ways, when you could easily afford to be generous: · They are rich, but they are terribly stingy.· A hard, miserly woman, she left her daughters emotionally damaged.stingy with: · I don't know why they were so stingy with the drinks -- they have plenty of money.
► mean British someone who is mean does not like spending money or sharing what they have with other people: · He's so mean, he won't even buy his wife a birthday present.mean with: · Marsha has always been mean with her money.
► tight/tight-fisted spoken informal someone who is tight or tight-fisted is not at all generous and tries hard to avoid spending money: · "I don't think I'll bother getting them a present." "Don't be so tight!"· Don't even ask Dad. You know how tight-fisted he is about these kinds of things.· a tight-fisted bosstight with money: · Even as a young man, Paul was notoriously tight with his money.
► penny-pinching spending very little, or always spending less than is needed, often because you do not have very much money: · His grandparents were humourless and penny-pinching.· She could finally tolerate no more of his coldness and penny-pinching ways.· Unfortunately we have a penny-pinching local government that spends as little as possible on parks and sports facilities.
someone who hates spending money► stingy not generous with your money, even though you are not poor: · Don't be so stingy! It's your turn to buy me a drink.· It's no use asking him - he's too stingy to give money to charity.
► mean British someone who is mean does not like spending money or sharing what they have with other people: · Rick's so mean he never even buys his wife a birthday present.· My father was a mean old man who resented every penny he spent on us.
► cheap American, especially spoken someone who is cheap does not like spending money, and always tries to avoid spending it: · Uncle Matt was really cheap - he used to stay with us for weeks, and he never paid for anything.
► tight-fisted informal not generous with money - use this about people who annoy you because they have money but do not like spending it: · He was known to have made a fortune on the stock market, but was nonetheless notoriously tight-fisted.
► miser someone who hates spending money, and prefers to save as much as possible - use this especially about someone who has collected a lot of money by doing this: · Mr Henny was a miser who had thousands of pounds hidden away under his bed.
She’s too stingy to give money to charity.2a stingy amount of something, especially food, is too small: a stingy portion of vegetables—stingily adverb—stinginess noun [uncountable]