stinginess

English

Etymology

From 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