stinginess

English

Etymology

stingy +‎ -ness

Pronunciation

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Noun

stinginess (usually uncountable, plural stinginesses)

1. A lack of generosity; an excessive reluctance to spend money.

Synonyms

• cheapness (which see for more synonyms)

Related terms

• stingy

Translations

lack of generosity

• Arabic: بُخْل m (buḵl)
• Azerbaijani: simiclik
• Breton: tostoni (br) f
• Czech: lakota f, skoupost f, škudlivost f, skrblictví n
• Dutch: gierigheid (nl) f, vrekkigheid f, inhaligheid (nl) f, schraperigheid f
• Faroese: gírni f
• Finnish: kitsaus (fi), itaruus (fi), saituus (fi), pihiys, nuukuus (fi)
• French: radinerie (fr) f, pingrerie (fr) f, avarice (fr) f
• Georgian: ხელმოჭერილობა (xelmoč̣eriloba), სიძუნწე (siʒunc̣e)
• German: Geiz (de) m, Knauserei (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: φειδωλία f (pheidōlía), μικρολογία f (mikrología)

• Irish: péisteánacht f, cinnteacht f, cruacht f, ceacharthacht f, sprionlaitheacht f, gortaíl f, cruáil f, cruálacht f, cruas m, caillteacht f, gannchúis f, stinsireacht f, neoid f (literary)
• Italian: taccagneria (it) f, tirchieria (it) f, avarizia (it) f, grettezza (it) f, pitoccheria f, spilorceria f
• Latin: avāritia f
• Norwegian: gjerrighet (no)
• Persian: تَنگ‌چَشمِی, لِئامَت (fa), خَست (fa), کِنِسِی (kinisī)
• Polish: skąpość f
• Romanian: avariție (ro) f, zgârcenie (ro) f, parcimonie (ro) f
• Russian: жа́дность (ru) f (žádnostʹ), ску́пость (ru) f (skúpostʹ)
• Slovene: skopušnost f
• Spanish: tacañería
• Tagalog: kakulpitan, kakuriputan
• Turkish: cimrilik (tr)

See also

• avarice, greed