mingy

min·gy

adjective \ˈmin-jē\

min·gi·ermin·gi·est

Definition of MINGY

: mean, stingy

Examples of MINGY

1. a mingy portion of food
2. <the company's mingy Christmas bonuses haven't exactly helped sagging employee morale>

Origin of MINGY

perhaps blend of ¹mean and stingy

First Known Use: 1911

Related to MINGY

Synonyms

cheap, chintzy, close, closefisted, mean, stingy, miserly, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, pinching, pinchpenny, spare, sparing, stinting, tight, tightfisted, uncharitable, ungenerous

Antonyms

bounteous, bountiful, charitable, freehanded, generous, liberal, munificent, openhanded, unsparing, unstinting

Related Words

careful, chary, conserving, economical, economizing, frugal, saving, scrimping, skimping, thrifty; acquisitive, avaricious, avid, coveting, covetous, desirous, grasping, greedy, hoggish, itchy, mercenary, rapacious, selfish, shabby, small, sordid; begrudging, envious, grudging, resentful; inhospitable

Near Antonyms

altruistic, selfless, unselfish; extravagant, free, handsome, lavish, overgenerous, profuse; beneficent, benevolent, hospitable, humanitarian, philanthropic (also philanthropical); compassionate, good-hearted, greathearted, kindly, magnanimous, openhearted; thriftless, unthrifty; dissipating, frittering, prodigal, profligate, spendthrift, splurging, squandering, wasteful, wasting

Rhymes with MINGY

dingy, stingy