STINGINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stinginess mean? 

• STINGINESS (noun)
  The noun STINGINESS has 1 sense:

1. a lack of generosity; a general unwillingness to part with money

  Familiarity information: STINGINESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STINGINESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A lack of generosity; a general unwillingness to part with money

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("stinginess" is a kind of...):

trait (a distinguishing feature of your personal nature)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stinginess"):

closeness; meanness; minginess; niggardliness; niggardness; parsimoniousness; parsimony; tightfistedness; tightness (extreme stinginess)

penuriousness (a disposition to be niggardly with money)

illiberality (a disposition not to be liberal (generous) with money)

selfishness (stinginess resulting from a concern for your own welfare and a disregard of others)

Antonym:

generosity (the trait of being willing to give your money or time)

Derivation:

stingy (unwilling to spend (money, time, resources, etc.))

 Context examples 

Yes, said Leah; I wish I had as good; not that mine are to complain of,—there's no stinginess at Thornfield; but they're not one fifth of the sum Mrs. Poole receives.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)