stingy

1. 1

   Unwilling to spend, give, or share; ungenerous; mean.

   • "Well, I'm doing my best to grow," said Davy, "but it's a thing you can't hurry much. If Marilla wasn't so stingy with her jam I believe I'd grow a lot faster."
2. 2

   Small, scant, meager, insufficient.

   • The realization of this joint oppression is like discovering that the stingy crusts of bread being held out by society have mold on them.

syn. as tight as Dick's hatband · cheap · cheeseparing · chintzy · close · close as wax · close-fisted · illiberal · mean · miserable · miserly · narrow-fisted

ant. wasteful · prodigal · profligate · spendthrift · generous

1. 1

   Stinging; able or inclined to sting.informal

   • Bumble bee – Bumble bee / I send to you this sonnet, / But please don't be – Bumble bee / The stingy bee in my bonnet.

syn. as tight as Dick's hatband · cheap · cheeseparing · chintzy · close · close as wax · close-fisted · illiberal · mean · miserable · miserly · narrow-fisted

ant. wasteful · prodigal · profligate · spendthrift · generous