First Known Use: 1911
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mingy
adjective min·gy \ˈmin-jē\
: not liking to spend money
: not large enough
min·gi·ermin·gi·est
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Origin of MINGY
perhaps blend of 1mean and stingy
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
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