stinginess

English

Etymology

stingy +‎ -ness

Noun

stinginess (usually uncountable, plural stinginesses)

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
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

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)

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