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mingy

mingy

9.1
Not willing to give or share things, especially money
  • adjective
  • /ˈmɪŋɡi/
  • Offensive
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  • He was too mingy to donate even a small amount to the charity.

Examples

  • His mingy attitude towards sharing his toys made him lose friends at school.

  • In dream world, a mingy cat...

  • If it's a mingy cat - - that really means that it's a bad sign.

  • Marley is having some issues in the morning because she'll be super excited for school, and once we get there, she is clingy-mingy.

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  • I can't believe how mingy she is with her money; she never offers to pay for anything.

Synonyms

mean
vsmingy
699 2.2

Unkind and cruel toward other people

is about unwillingness to share money rather than being cruel
tight
vsmingy
  • Informal
45 7.7

Unwilling to spend money

is the informal label for the same unwillingness to give
stingy
vsmingy
26 5.2

Not willing to spend money or give help to others

is the informal word that matches this everyday stinginess
near
vsmingy
  • Archaic
15 9.3

Unwilling to give or spend money

is the informal, slightly more colloquial way to express that trait
miserly
vsmingy
3 7.9

Not willing to spend or give money even when they have enough

is the informal way to express that same lack of generosity
ungenerous
vsmingy
2 6.2

Not willing to give money or help others

is the informal synonym used especially about small sums
parsimonious
vsmingy
2 9.9

A person who is unwilling to spend money and avoids buying things

is the informal expression that expresses this same strong stinginess
tightfisted
vsmingy
  • Offensive
1 8.0

A person who does not like to spend money

is the more casual term for that same money unwillingness
penny-pinching
vsmingy
  • Informal
1 7.5

Not willing to spend much money

is the informal tag for similar reluctance without the exact habit focus
niggardly
vsmingy
  • Archaic
1 9.9

Not willing to give or spend much money

is the modern informal term used in everyday speech
chintzy
vsmingy
  • Informal
1 8.8

Not willing to spend money

is the informal term without necessarily the public embarrassment
picayunish
vsmingy
  • Archaic
1 9.9

Unwilling to spend money, even for small things

is the informal way to describe that same petty stinginess
closefisted
vsmingy
8.2

Not willing to spend or give money

is a more casual expression for that same miserly attitude
hardfisted
vsmingy
  • Offensive
9.9

Not willing to spend or share money

is the informal, less forceful way to name that attitude
pinchpenny
vsmingy
  • Offensive
9.2

Not willing to spend money, even for small things

is the informal label that covers the same habitual stinginess
cheeseparing
vsmingy
  • Archaic
9.9

Being very unwilling to spend money

is the informal word that captures similar meanness more simply
chinchy
vsmingy
  • Offensive
9.9

Not willing to spend money or share costs

is the informal label that describes the same ungenerous behaviour
scrimy
vsmingy
  • Archaic
9.9

Unwilling to give money or things

is the informal descriptor for similar small-scale miserliness

Antonyms

79 1.2

Willing to forgive small mistakes and not be strict

A person who gives money, time, or help freely to others

Compounds

Not willing to give money or share things with others

Not giving money or help when others expect it

How Stingy

penurious
  • Formal
9.9
miserly
3 7.9
stingy
26 5.2
mingy
  • Offensive
9.1
ungenerous
2 6.2

Surface Forms

mingy positive

Etymology

Mingy means unwilling to give or share, and its exact origin is unclear. A helpful way to remember it is to think of mangy, a word for something shabby or poor, so a mingy person is 'poor' with money and 'gives very little'.