mingy Synonyms
Strongest:
- sparing
- penny-pinching
- chintzy
- economical
- tight
- ungenerous
- parsimonious
- selfish
- cheap
- spare
- stingy
- niggardly
- stinting
- penurious
- niggard
- desirous
- close
- careful
- uncharitable
- miserly
- greedy
- tightfisted
- mean
- pinching
Strong:
- grudging
- thrifty
- sordid
- covetous
- frugal
- economizing
- hoggish
- saving
- acquisitive
- rapacious
- conserving
- mercenary
- avaricious
- shabby
- small
- closefisted
- chary
- pinchpenny
Weak:
Strongest:
- charitable
- unstinting
- altruistic
- munificent
- overgenerous
- bountiful
- unsparing
- charitable
- openhanded
- munificent
- altruistic
- free
- liberal
- bounteous
- extravagant
- selfless
- bountiful
- lavish
- selfless
- openhanded
- handsome
- extravagant
- handsome
- unselfish
- bounteous
- liberal
- lavish
- generous
- free
- unselfish
- unsparing
- unstinting
- overgenerous
- generous
Strong:
- hospitable
- philanthropical
- unthrifty
- compassionate
- humanitarian
- kindly
- beneficent
- philanthropic
- benevolent
- unthrifty
- beneficent
- magnanimous
- magnanimous
- profuse
- compassionate
- freehanded
- openhearted
- philanthropical
- freehanded
- humanitarian
- kindly
- benevolent
- philanthropic
- openhearted
- profuse
- hospitable
Weak:
mingy Meaning
mingy (s)
(used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
mingy Sentence Examples
- The mingy miser refused to spend even a dime on charity.
- The teacher's mingy grading scale left students disheartened.
- The stingy landlord's mingy rent increase caused outrage among tenants.
- Her mingy donation to the fundraiser was a disappointment.
- The mingy portion of food left everyone hungry and unsatisfied.
- The company's mingy pay raises failed to keep up with inflation.
- The mingy host provided a meager spread for his guests.
- The mingy corporation's profits were unjustly distributed.
- The mingy gesture of apology lacked sincerity.
- The mingy salesperson offered a paltry discount that was hardly worth the effort.
FAQs About the word mingy
(used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
sparing, penny-pinching, chintzy, economical, tight, ungenerous, parsimonious, selfish, cheap, spare
charitable, unstinting, altruistic, munificent, overgenerous, bountiful, unsparing, charitable, openhanded, munificent
The mingy miser refused to spend even a dime on charity.
The teacher's mingy grading scale left students disheartened.
The stingy landlord's mingy rent increase caused outrage among tenants.
Her mingy donation to the fundraiser was a disappointment.
