Word "STINGY" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
deficient in amount or quality or extent
Synonyms:
meager, meagerly, meagre, scrimpy

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
unwilling to spend (money, time, resources, etc.)
Synonyms:
ungenerous
Examples:
she practices economy without being stingy

Crossword Clues for STINGY

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Clue Source Date
Miserly, mean Mirror Classic 18 Apr 2024
To hurt donkey's tail is mean (6) Puzzler Cryptic 27 Mar 2024
Mean to prick you initially (6)
Niggardly, mean (6)
Mean description of a nettle? (6)
Tight bassist at the end of Synchronicity
Mean, miserly (6) Puzzler 06 Dec 2023
Mean -- as are nettles? The Telegraph Toughie 03 Oct 2023
Just like a prick to be mean The Guardian Cryptic 11 Sep 2023
Sharply painful The Guardian Quick 08 Aug 2023
Mean to be a bit painful The Times Cryptic 21 Jun 2023
Like Scrooge's con trick, getting last of money The Telegraph Cryptic 17 May 2023
Penny-pinching ... or a three-part hint to two outer and two inner letters of each starred clue's answer Universal 26 Apr 2023
Mean street in outskirts of Guernsey The Telegraph Toughie 04 Apr 2023
Penny-pinching The Guardian Quick 01 Apr 2023
Miserly The Telegraph Quick 20 Dec 2022
Ungenerous The Times Concise 15 Nov 2022
Tight-fisted The Guardian Quick 20 Aug 2022
Mean street in outskirts of Grimsby The Times Cryptic 13 Dec 2021
Cheap The Washington Post 21 Jul 2021
Cheap LA Times Daily 21 Jul 2021
Tight with a buck Newsday 15 Jul 2021
Mean to be wasting years? Not altogether
Scroogean The Washington Post 02 May 2021
Scroogean LA Times Daily 02 May 2021
Yard is behind police undercover operation - how mean is that? Irish Times Crosaire 04 Mar 2021
Miserly Eugene Sheffer 14 Jan 2021
Not giving smart reply in the end The Telegraph Toughie 10 Sep 2020
Mean, miserly The Times Concise 11 Aug 2020
  Mean pop star – my money is missing
Mean Irish Times Simplex 11 Jun 2020
Niggardly The Telegraph Quick 03 Apr 2020
Miserly
Miserly New York Times 06 Jan 2020
Unlikely to support a crowdfunding project USA Today 23 Dec 2019
Miserly Premier Sunday 20 Oct 2019
Mean The Telegraph Quick 31 Aug 2019
Mean to do last of laundry
Mean poisoner's no artist
Unwilling to spend final money after robbery
Miserly Thomas Joseph 20 Mar 2019
Yard is behind police trap - how mean is that? Irish Times Crosaire 09 Oct 2018
Penny-pinching, vacuous young son goes back to pocket money
Mean swindle by unknown character
Like Scrooge
Policeman close to adversary like Scrooge?
Miserly The Telegraph Quick 27 Jul 2017
Mean fish sun-god's eradicated
Parsimonious The Guardian Speedy 12 Mar 2017
Like Scrooge, liable to cause pain The Telegraph Cryptic 23 Dec 2016
Tightfisted The Washington Post 19 Oct 2016
Tight-fisted The Times Concise 07 Aug 2016
Tight and painful, in a way? Said differently The Telegraph Cryptic 04 Oct 2015
Tight skirt, with invitation -- guy observing limits The Telegraph Toughie 07 May 2015
Take part in investing, yet reluctant to spend money The Telegraph Cryptic 19 Apr 2015
Liberal's opposite
Cheap
Tight
Mean
Tight
Not very generous
Scroogelike
Mean
Not very generous
Penny-pinching
Like Shylock
Mean one, no good, in a filthy place
Tight-fisted
Tight-fisted
Like Scrooge
Penny-pinching
Scroogean
Scroogean
Not at all generous
Not at all generous
Mean
Penny-pinching
Penny-pinching
Tight
Parsimonious
Tight
Scrooge-like
Tight-fisted
Cheap
Parsimonious
Mean street in outskirts of Grimsby
Tight-fisted
Tight
Scroogelike
Tightfisted
Like Scrooge
Penurious
Parsimonious
Tightfisted
Cheap
Closefisted
Close.
Meager
Close-fisted.
Closefisted.
Penurious.
Describes Ebenezer Scrooge.
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