different between stingy vs stinge

English

Etymology 1

Uncertain, possibly from stinge, a dialectal variation of sting (verb).

Pronunciation

• enPR: st?n?j?, IPA^(key): /?st?nd?i/

Adjective

stingy (comparative stingier, superlative stingiest)

1. Unwilling to spend, give, or share; ungenerous; mean
   • 1909, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea Chapter XVIII

     "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. Small, scant, meager, insufficient

Usage notes

Use of "stingy of" was about as common as use of "stingy with" until about 1900 but became much less common by and since 1920.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:stingy

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

sting +? -y

Pronunciation

• enPR: st?ng??, IPA^(key): /?st??i/

Adjective

stingy (comparative stingier, superlative stingiest)

1. Stinging; able to sting.

Translations

Anagrams

• Yingst, stying, tyings

English

Etymology

From stingy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st?nd?/
• Rhymes: -?nd?

Noun

stinge (plural stinges)

1. (Australia, New Zealand) An individual who is seen to have a stingy demeanour or who lacks generosity.

Derived terms

• stingy
• stingily
• stinginess

Anagrams

• get-ins, ingest, signet, tinges

Italian

Verb

stinge

1. third-person singular present indicative of stingere

Middle English

Verb

stinge

1. Alternative form of stingen

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin extinguere, present active infinitive of extingu?.

Verb

a stinge (third-person singular present stinge, past participle stins) 3rd conj.

1. to turn off, put out
2. to extinguish, quench

Conjugation

Related terms

• distinge
• extinc?ie