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单词 mingy
释义

mingy

adjective

min·​gy ˈmin-jē How to pronounce mingy (audio)
mingier; mingiest
: mean, stingy

Synonyms

  • cheap
  • chintzy
  • close
  • closefisted
  • mean
  • miserly
  • niggard
  • niggardly
  • parsimonious
  • penny-pinching
  • penurious
  • pinching
  • pinchpenny
  • spare
  • sparing
  • stingy
  • stinting
  • tight
  • tightfisted
  • uncharitable
  • ungenerous
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Example Sentences

a mingy portion of food the company's mingy Christmas bonuses haven't exactly helped sagging employee morale
Recent Examples on the Web There was nothing mingy or minimalist about their aesthetic. Carl Swanson, Town & Country, 3 Oct. 2019

Word History

Etymology

perhaps blend of mean entry 1 and stingy

First Known Use

1911, in the meaning defined above

mingy

adjective

as in miserly
giving or sharing as little as possible the company's mingy Christmas bonuses haven't exactly helped sagging employee morale

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • miserly
  • ungenerous
  • stingy
  • tightfisted
  • chintzy
  • stinting
  • parsimonious
  • penurious
  • greedy
  • selfish
  • niggard
  • careful
  • cheap
  • niggardly
  • penny-pinching
  • pinching
  • tight
  • mean
  • uncharitable
  • sparing
  • close
  • desirous
  • economizing
  • spare
  • economical
  • hoggish
  • pinchpenny
  • conserving
  • closefisted
  • avaricious
  • chary
  • small
  • thrifty
  • saving
  • acquisitive
  • scrimping
  • shabby
  • frugal
  • mercenary
  • skimping
  • rapacious
  • covetous
  • grudging
  • begrudging
  • sordid
  • grasping
  • itchy
  • coveting
  • avid
  • envious
  • resentful
  • inhospitable

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • bounteous
  • openhanded
  • generous
  • munificent
  • bountiful
  • liberal
  • charitable
  • unstinting
  • overgenerous
  • altruistic
  • extravagant
  • handsome
  • unsparing
  • unselfish
  • free
  • freehanded
  • lavish
  • selfless
  • profuse
  • benevolent
  • magnanimous
  • beneficent
  • hospitable
  • philanthropic
  • kindly
  • philanthropical
  • humanitarian
  • unthrifty
  • openhearted
  • profligate
  • compassionate
  • wasteful
  • wasting
  • spendthrift
  • prodigal
  • greathearted
  • thriftless
  • squandering
  • dissipating
  • good-hearted
  • frittering
  • splurging
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