(adjective) unwilling to give or spend money, not generous

Example Sentences:

A: Do you like your new roommate?
B: No, not really.
A: Why is that?
B: He is really stingy. He doesn’t share anything!

The stingy businessman refused to give the homeless person five dollars.

Boyfriend: Do you want to go out for dinner?
Girlfriend: No, let’s just stay home and eat sandwiches.
Boyfriend: Don’t be so stingy, let’s go spend some money!

From the Blogs:

Stingy Europeans -- Crisis talk

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Similar idioms:

  1. tightwad
  2. cheap
  3. buzzkill
  4. wet blanket
  5. penny-pincher
  6. asshole
  7. ass
  8. put aside
  9. beggars can’t be choosers
  10. badass
  11. give it a go
  12. rub salt into the wound

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