Mingy — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

(used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/mˈɪndʒi/

🇬🇧British English

/mˈɪndʒi/

🇮🇳Indian English

/mˈɪndʒi/

2 syllables Say it as /mˈɪndʒi/.

Examples

a mean person
he left a miserly tip

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

miserly tight mean

Parts of Speech

adjective

(used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity

“a mean person”

Word Forms

meanness	noun	extreme stinginess
minginess	noun	extreme stinginess
miser	noun	a stingy hoarder of money and possessions (often living miserably)
miserliness	noun	total lack of generosity with money
tightness	noun	extreme stinginess

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

radin

(utilisé pour désigner des personnes ou un comportement) caractérisé par ou indiquant un manque de générosité

🇪🇸Spanish

tacaño

(usado para personas o comportamiento) caracterizado o indicativo de falta de generosidad

🇮🇹Italian

meschino

(usato per persone o comportamenti) caratterizzato o indicativo di mancanza di generosità

🇳🇱Dutch

krenterig

(gebruikt voor personen of gedrag) gekenmerkt door of indicatief voor een gebrek aan vrijgevigheid

🇵🇹Portuguese

sujo

(usado para pessoas ou comportamento) caracterizado ou indicativo de falta de generosidade

🇷🇺Russian

мягкий

(используется в отношении людей или поведения), характеризующийся отсутствием щедрости или указывающий на него

India

🇮🇳Hindi

मिंगी

(व्यक्तियों या व्यवहार का प्रयोग) उदारता की कमी का लक्षण या सूचक

🇮🇳Tamil

மிஞ்சி

(நபர்கள் அல்லது நடத்தையைப் பயன்படுத்துகிறது) தாராள மனப்பான்மையின் பற்றாக்குறையால் வகைப்படுத்தப்படுகிறது அல்லது குறிக்கிறது

🇮🇳Telugu

మింగిన

(వ్యక్తులు లేదా ప్రవర్తన యొక్క ఉపయోగించబడుతుంది) వర్ణించబడింది లేదా దాతృత్వం లేకపోవడాన్ని సూచిస్తుంది

🇮🇳Marathi

मिंगी

(व्यक्ती किंवा वर्तनाचा वापर) वैशिष्ट्यीकृत किंवा उदारतेच्या अभावाचे सूचक

🇮🇳Gujarati

મીંગી

(વ્યક્તિઓ અથવા વર્તનનો ઉપયોગ) લાક્ષણિકતા અથવા ઉદારતાના અભાવનું સૂચક

🇮🇳Kannada

ಮಿಂಗರಿ

(ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿಗಳು ಅಥವಾ ನಡವಳಿಕೆಯ ಬಳಕೆ) ಔದಾರ್ಯದ ಕೊರತೆಯಿಂದ ನಿರೂಪಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟಿದೆ ಅಥವಾ ಸೂಚಿಸುತ್ತದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

മിങ്കിയൻ

(വ്യക്തികളുടെയോ പെരുമാറ്റത്തിൻ്റെയോ ഉപയോഗിക്കുന്നത്) ഔദാര്യത്തിൻ്റെ അഭാവത്തിൻ്റെ സ്വഭാവം അല്ലെങ്കിൽ സൂചിപ്പിക്കുന്നു

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

明吉

（用于人或行为）以或表明缺乏慷慨为特征的

🇯🇵Japanese

ミンジー

（人や行動を使って）寛大さの欠如を特徴とする、または寛大さの欠如を示す

🇰🇷Korean

으스스한

(사람이나 행동에 사용됨) 관대함이 부족함을 나타냄

🇻🇳Vietnamese

hỗn tạp

(dùng cho người hoặc hành vi) được đặc trưng bởi hoặc biểu thị sự thiếu rộng lượng

🇹🇭Thai

ขี้ตืด

(ใช้ของบุคคลหรือพฤติกรรม) มีลักษณะหรือบ่งบอกถึงการขาดความมีน้ำใจ

🇮🇩Indonesian

bakhil

(Digunakan untuk orang atau perilaku) yang ditandai dengan atau menunjukkan kurangnya kemurahan hati

🇵🇭Filipino

si mingy

(ginagamit sa mga tao o pag-uugali) na nailalarawan o nagpapahiwatig ng kakulangan ng pagkabukas-palad

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

شحيح

(تستخدم للأشخاص أو السلوك) تتميز أو تدل على عدم الكرم

🇮🇷Persian

مینگی

(استفاده از افراد یا رفتار) که با یا نشان دهنده فقدان سخاوت است

🇹🇷Turkish

kirli

(kişiler veya davranışlar için kullanılır) cömertlik eksikliği ile karakterize edilir veya bunun göstergesidir

🇮🇱Hebrew

קַמצָן

(בשימוש באנשים או בהתנהגות) המאופיין או מעיד על חוסר נדיבות

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The primary meaning of 'mingy' is '(used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity'.

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