stingy

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• stĭnʹjē
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• /ˈstɪnd͡ʒi/
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• rhymes with -ɪnd͡ʒi
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• stĭngʹē
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• /ˈstɪŋi/
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Uncertain, possibly from stinge, a dialectal variation of sting (verb).

From sting + -y.

197 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: suinig — unwilling to spend or give
• Arabic: بَخِيل (baḵīl) — unwilling to spend or give
• Arabic: بخيل (baḵīl) — unwilling to spend or give
• Arabic: جعص (jiʕṣ) — unwilling to spend or give
• Arabic: بَخِيل (baḵīl) — unwilling to spend or give
• Armenian: ժլատ (žlat) — unwilling to spend or give
• Azerbaijani: simic — unwilling to spend or give
• Azerbaijani: dargöz — unwilling to spend or give
• Azerbaijani: xəsis — unwilling to spend or give
• Azerbaijani: qaraçı — unwilling to spend or give
• Belarusian: хці́вы (xcívy) — unwilling to spend or give
• Belarusian: пра́гны (práhny) — unwilling to spend or give
• Belarusian: хі́жы (xížy) — unwilling to spend or give
• Belarusian: скупы́ (skupý) — unwilling to spend or give
• Bulgarian: стиснат (stisnat) — unwilling to spend or give
• Bulgarian: скъпернически (skǎperničeski) — unwilling to spend or give
• Catalan: garrepa — unwilling to spend or give
• Catalan: aferrat — unwilling to spend or give
• Catalan: gasiu — unwilling to spend or give
• Catalan: escasser — unwilling to spend or give
• Catalan: taquí — unwilling to spend or give
• Cebuano: inot — unwilling to spend or give
• Chinese Cantonese: 孤寒 (gu1 hon4) — unwilling to spend or give
• Chinese Cantonese: 小氣 /小气 (siu2 hei3) — unwilling to spend or give
• Chinese Mandarin: 吝嗇 /吝啬 (lìnsè) — unwilling to spend or give
• Chinese Mandarin: 小氣 /小气 (xiǎoqì) — unwilling to spend or give
• Chinese Mandarin: 摳門 /抠门 (kōumén) — unwilling to spend or give
• Chinese Mandarin: 摳 /抠 (kōu) — unwilling to spend or give
• Teochew: 鹹澀 /咸涩 (giam5 siab4) — unwilling to spend or give
• Czech: lakomý — unwilling to spend or give
• Czech: chamtivý — unwilling to spend or give
• Dalmatian: avaraus — unwilling to spend or give
• Danish: fedtet — unwilling to spend or give
• Danish: nærig — unwilling to spend or give
• Danish: smålig — unwilling to spend or give
• Danish: gerrig — unwilling to spend or give
• Dutch: gierig — unwilling to spend or give
• Esperanto: avara — unwilling to spend or give
• Finnish: nuuka — unwilling to spend or give
• Finnish: itara — unwilling to spend or give
• Finnish: kitsas — unwilling to spend or give
• Finnish: pihi — unwilling to spend or give
• Finnish: saita — unwilling to spend or give
• French: pingre — unwilling to spend or give
• French: chiche — unwilling to spend or give
• French: radin — unwilling to spend or give
• French: rapiat — unwilling to spend or give
• Galician: lambefoula — unwilling to spend or give
• Galician: avaro — unwilling to spend or give
• Gallurese: scurzónu — unwilling to spend or give
• Georgian: წუწურაქი (c̣uc̣uraki) — unwilling to spend or give
• Georgian: ძუნწი (ʒunc̣i) — unwilling to spend or give
• Georgian: ხელმოჭერილი (xelmoč̣erili) — unwilling to spend or give
• German: geizig — unwilling to spend or give
• German: knauserig — unwilling to spend or give
• German: knausrig — unwilling to spend or give
• German: gierig — unwilling to spend or give
• Greek: τσιγκούνης (tsigkoúnis) — unwilling to spend or give
• Ancient Greek: φειδωλός (pheidōlós) — unwilling to spend or give
• Gujarati: કંજૂસ (kañjūs) — unwilling to spend or give
• Hawaiian: pī — unwilling to spend or give
• Hebrew: קמצן (kamtsán) — unwilling to spend or give
• Hindi: कंजूस (kañjūs) — unwilling to spend or give
• Hindi: कृपण (kŕpaṇ) — unwilling to spend or give
• Hungarian: fösvény — unwilling to spend or give
• Hungarian: zsugori — unwilling to spend or give
• Hungarian: fukar — unwilling to spend or give
• Hungarian: szűkmarkú — unwilling to spend or give
• Icelandic: nískur — unwilling to spend or give
• Indonesian: pelit — unwilling to spend or give
• Ingrian: kuiva — unwilling to spend or give
• Irish: sprionlaithe — unwilling to spend or give
• Irish: ceachartha — unwilling to spend or give
• Italian: tirchio — unwilling to spend or give
• Italian: avaro — unwilling to spend or give
• Italian: taccagno — unwilling to spend or give
• Japanese: けちな (kechi na) — unwilling to spend or give
• Japanese: 吝嗇な (rinshoku na) — unwilling to spend or give
• Japanese: けちくさい (kechikusai) — unwilling to spend or give
• Khmer: កំណាញ់ (kɑmnaɲ) — unwilling to spend or give
• Korean: 인색한 (insaekhan) — unwilling to spend or give
• Korean: 짠 (jjan) — unwilling to spend or give
• Krio: krabit — unwilling to spend or give
• Northern Kurdish: tima — unwilling to spend or give
• Northern Kurdish: çirûk — unwilling to spend or give
• Northern Kurdish: çikûs — unwilling to spend or give
• Northern Kurdish: bexîl — unwilling to spend or give
• Laz: კიტიპიროზი (ǩiťip̌irozi) — unwilling to spend or give
• Lithuanian: šykštus — unwilling to spend or give
• Macedonian: алчен (alčen) — unwilling to spend or give
• Malay: kedekut — unwilling to spend or give
• Malay: lokek — unwilling to spend or give
• Malay: bakhil — unwilling to spend or give
• Māori: mahuki — unwilling to spend or give
• Māori: matamau — unwilling to spend or give
• Māori: hākere — unwilling to spend or give
• Māori: matapiko — unwilling to spend or give
• Māori: tōhē — unwilling to spend or give
• Mongolian: нарийн (nariin) — unwilling to spend or give
• Muna: dagho — unwilling to spend or give
• Khiamniungan Naga: tshīk — unwilling to spend or give
• Norwegian: gjerrig — unwilling to spend or give
• Occitan: cusson — unwilling to spend or give
• Occitan: sarrat — unwilling to spend or give
• Occitan: rascàs — unwilling to spend or give
• Occitan: avar — unwilling to spend or give
• Old English: hnēaw — unwilling to spend or give
• Persian: خَسیس (xasis) — unwilling to spend or give
• Persian: کنس (kenes) — unwilling to spend or give
• Persian: بخیل (baxil) — unwilling to spend or give
• Polish: skąpy — unwilling to spend or give
• Polish: oszczędny — unwilling to spend or give
• Portuguese: avaro — unwilling to spend or give
• Portuguese: sovina — unwilling to spend or give
• Portuguese: pão-duro — unwilling to spend or give
• Romanian: zgârcit — unwilling to spend or give
• Romanian: avar — unwilling to spend or give
• Russian: скупо́й (skupój) — unwilling to spend or give
• Russian: ска́редный (skárednyj) — unwilling to spend or give
• Russian: прижи́мистый (prižímistyj) — unwilling to spend or give
• Russian: жа́дный (žádnyj) — unwilling to spend or give
• Russian: а́лчный (álčnyj) — unwilling to spend or give
• Campidanese Sardinian: pistriccu — unwilling to spend or give
• Campidanese Sardinian: asuríu — unwilling to spend or give
• Campidanese Sardinian: cananèu — unwilling to spend or give
• Campidanese Sardinian: priogòsu — unwilling to spend or give
• Campidanese Sardinian: stiticu — unwilling to spend or give
• Campidanese Sardinian: taccagnu — unwilling to spend or give
• Sardinian: arragatu — unwilling to spend or give
• Sardinian: cogheddu — unwilling to spend or give
• Sardinian: grengu — unwilling to spend or give
• Sardinian: isurídu — unwilling to spend or give
• Sardinian: istitigu — unwilling to spend or give
• Sardinian: zeccòsu — unwilling to spend or give
• Sassarese: atziccaddu — unwilling to spend or give
• Sassarese: migragnòsu — unwilling to spend or give
• Sassarese: zecchincùru — unwilling to spend or give
• Scots: near the bane — unwilling to spend or give
• Serbo-Croatian: шкрт — unwilling to spend or give
• Serbo-Croatian: škrt — unwilling to spend or give
• Slovak: chamtivý — unwilling to spend or give
• Slovak: lakomý — unwilling to spend or give
• Slovene: pohlepen — unwilling to spend or give
• Slovene: omamen — unwilling to spend or give
• Spanish: mezquino — unwilling to spend or give
• Spanish: tacaño — unwilling to spend or give
• Spanish: rácano — unwilling to spend or give
• Spanish: agarrado — unwilling to spend or give
• Spanish: amarrado — unwilling to spend or give
• Spanish: cicatero — unwilling to spend or give
• Spanish: roñoso — unwilling to spend or give
• Spanish: pesetero — unwilling to spend or give
• Spanish: amarrete — unwilling to spend or give
• Spanish: ticuiche — unwilling to spend or give
• Spanish: pilinque — unwilling to spend or give
• Spanish: pilinqui — unwilling to spend or give
• Spanish: pilishne — unwilling to spend or give
• Swedish: snål — unwilling to spend or give
• Swedish: girig — unwilling to spend or give
• Tagalog: sinding — unwilling to spend or give
• Tagalog: kuripot — unwilling to spend or give
• Tagalog: maramot — unwilling to spend or give
• Thai: ขี้เหนียว (kîi-nǐao) — unwilling to spend or give
• Thai: กระดูกขัดมัน — unwilling to spend or give
• Thai: เค็ม (kem) — unwilling to spend or give
• Southern Thai: ขี้มัน — unwilling to spend or give
• Turkish: cimri — unwilling to spend or give
• Turkish: pinti — unwilling to spend or give
• Ottoman Turkish: پنتی (pinti) — unwilling to spend or give
• Ottoman Turkish: پیس (pis) — unwilling to spend or give
• Ottoman Turkish: جمری (cimri) — unwilling to spend or give
• Ukrainian: жа́дібний (žádibnyj) — unwilling to spend or give
• Ukrainian: жаді́бний (žadíbnyj) — unwilling to spend or give
• Ukrainian: жа́дний (žádnyj) — unwilling to spend or give
• Ukrainian: жадни́й (žadnýj) — unwilling to spend or give
• Ukrainian: жадли́вий (žadlývyj) — unwilling to spend or give
• Ukrainian: скупи́й (skupýj) — unwilling to spend or give
• Unami: shakwsi — unwilling to spend or give
• Urdu: کنجوس (kanjūs) — unwilling to spend or give
• Vietnamese: bủn xỉn — unwilling to spend or give
• Vietnamese: keo — unwilling to spend or give
• Vietnamese: keo kiệt — unwilling to spend or give
• Vietnamese: hà tiện — unwilling to spend or give
• Welsh: crintach — unwilling to spend or give
• Yiddish: קאַרג (karg) — unwilling to spend or give
• Bulgarian: жилещ (žilešt) — able to sting
• Finnish: pistävä — able to sting
• French: piquant — able to sting
• German: stechend — able to sting
• German: stech- — able to sting
• Japanese: 刺しそうな (sashisō na) — able to sting
• Romanian: înțepător — able to sting
• Romanian: pișcător — able to sting
• Russian: жалящий (žaljaščij) — able to sting
• Turkish: rahatsız edici — able to sting
• Welsh: coliog — able to sting
• Welsh: pigog — able to sting