stinginess

English

Etymology

stingy +‎ -ness

Noun

stinginess (usually uncountable, plural stinginesses)

1. A lack of generosity.

Synonyms

• parsimony
• niggardliness (which see for more related synonyms)
• see also greed, avarice

Related terms

• stingy

Translations

lack of generosity

• Faroese: gírni f
• French: radinerie (fr) f
• Georgian: ხელმოჭერილობა (xelmoč̣eriloba), სიძუნწე (siʒunc̣e)
• German: Geiz (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: φειδωλία f (pheidōlía)

• 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), tirchieria (it), avarizia (it), grettezza f
• Latin: avāritia f
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• Norwegian: gjerrighet (no)
• 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)