mingy
- adjective
- /ˈmɪŋɡi/
- Offensive
:
tacaño
- He was too mingy to donate even a small amount to the charity.
Examples
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His mingy attitude towards sharing his toys made him lose friends at school.
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In dream world, a mingy cat...
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If it's a mingy cat - - that really means that it's a bad sign.
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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.
Blog text (4) -
I can't believe how mingy she is with her money; she never offers to pay for anything.
Synonyms
699
2.2
Unkind and cruel toward other people
45
7.7
Unwilling to spend money
26
5.2
Not willing to spend money or give help to others
15
9.3
Unwilling to give or spend money
3
7.9
Not willing to spend or give money even when they have enough
2
6.2
Not willing to give money or help others
2
9.9
A person who is unwilling to spend money and avoids buying things
1
8.0
A person who does not like to spend money
1
7.5
Not willing to spend much money
1
9.9
Not willing to give or spend much money
1
8.8
Not willing to spend money
1
9.9
Unwilling to spend money, even for small things
Not willing to spend or give money
Not willing to spend or share money
Not willing to spend money, even for small things
Being very unwilling to spend money
Not willing to spend money or share costs
Unwilling to give money or things
Antonyms
Compounds
How Stingy
Surface Forms
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'.