mindmap root((吝啬)) stingy implies a marked lack of generosity: a ~ child, not given to sharing. close suggests keeping a tight grip on one's money and possessions: folks who are very ~ when charity calls. niggardly implies giving or spending the very smallest amount possible: gave his wife a ~ household allowance. parsimonious suggests a frugality so extreme as to lead to stinginess: a ~ attitude with no room for luxuries. penurious implies niggardliness that gives an appearance of actual poverty: the ~ old woman left behind a fortune. miserly suggests penuriousness motivated by obsessive avariciousness and a morbid pleasure in hoarding: a ~ man indifferent to the cries of the needy.