stingy
gb/stˈɪnd͡ʒi/ us/stˈɪnd͡ʒi/
B2
الإنجليزية
fukar, szűkmarkú, szűkös, csekély
B2
1
نمط الاستخدام:
[someone] is stingy (about/with money)
He’s so stingy that he never tips at restaurants.
Annyira fukar, hogy az éttermekben soha nem ad borravalót.
She’s not rich, but she’s stingy about lending money.
Nem gazdag, de fukar, amikor pénzt kell kölcsönadni.
People complained that the company was stingy with pay raises.
أمثلة للمتعلّمين
He is stingy with money.
Fukar a pénzzel.
Don’t be stingy—buy a drink for your friend.
Ne légy fukar, hívd meg a barátodat egy italra.
خطأ شائع:
Do not confuse stingy with stinky (bad smell).
المعنى
unwilling to spend money
المتلازمات اللفظية
stingy with money
|stingy about money
|stingy tipper
|stingy with tips
|stingy landlord
|stingy boss
|stingy millionaire
|stingy shopper
|stingy with donations
|stingy when it comes to money
المرادفات
miserly (Stronger and more judgmental; suggests extreme unwillingness to spend.)
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cheap (More informal; can also mean low price, so context matters.)
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tight-fisted (Emphasizes refusing to part with money.)
الأضداد
generous (Willing to give or spend freely.)
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free-spending (Spends money readily, sometimes too readily.)
الموضوعات
money
|personality
|social_life
التعريف
not wanting to spend money or give money to others
Unwilling to spend money or give it to other people; not generous with money.
B2
2
نمط الاستخدام:
a stingy [portion/serving/amount]
They served a stingy portion of pasta for the price.
Ennyi pénzért elég szűkös adag tésztát szolgáltak fel.
The benefits package includes only a stingy amount of vacation time.
A juttatási csomag csak nagyon kevés szabadságnapot tartalmaz.
He gave a stingy apology and quickly changed the subject.
أمثلة للمتعلّمين
The portion was stingy.
Az adag szűkös volt.
They offered a stingy amount of help.
Csak csekély segítséget ajánlottak fel.
خطأ شائع:
This use describes the amount given (a stingy portion), not a person’s character.
المعنى
too small or insufficient amount
المتلازمات اللفظية
a stingy portion
|a stingy serving
|a stingy amount
|a stingy helping
|a stingy slice
|stingy portions
|stingy benefits
|stingy pay rise
|stingy salary increase
|stingy allowance
المرادفات
meager (Neutral to formal; emphasizes that the amount is disappointingly small.)
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scant (Slightly more formal; emphasizes barely enough.)
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skimpy (More informal; often suggests unfairness or lack of effort.)
الأضداد
ample (More than enough.)
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generous (Larger than expected; given freely.)
الموضوعات
food
|daily_life
|quantity
التعريف
not enough; smaller than expected
Smaller or less generous than expected; providing too little of something.
القواعد
الصيغة المعجمية
stingy
IPA
GB/stˈɪnd͡ʒi/
US/stˈɪnd͡ʒi/
المقاطع والنبر
stingy (١ مقطع)
Stress on 1st syllable (stingy)
تصريفات الكلمة
Adjective
- Base: stingy
- Comparative: stingier
- Superlative: stingiest
التعبيرات
stingy with [something]
1/stˈɪnd͡ʒi wˈɪθ sˈʌmθɪŋ/
fixed phrase
not generous in giving something
not giving much of something
أمثلة
- He’s stingy with compliments, even when people do a great job.
- The guide was stingy with details about what would happen next.
- Don’t be stingy with the cheese—add a little more.
أمثلة للمتعلّمين
- My manager is stingy with praise.
- Please don’t be stingy with information.
stingy with the truth
1/stˈɪnd͡ʒi wˈɪθ ðə tɹˈuθ/
fixed phrase
not fully honest or open
not telling the whole truth
أمثلة
- I think he’s being stingy with the truth about where the money went.
- The company was stingy with the truth in its public statement.
أمثلة للمتعلّمين
- He was stingy with the truth.