Mingy

Quick meaning: Mingy is an adjective meaning (colloquial) Mean, miserly, stingy.

Meaning

(colloquial) Mean, miserly, stingy.

Example Sentences

Now all that, in its mingy way, is logical enough.

After the Liberation Mrs Crewe kept on being as mingy as before with the food; and wouldn't let Harold buy any new clothes.

The dark girl tossed her hat on the bed and hastily produced a packet of cigarettes from her bag, lighting and inhaling one with a deep exhalation of relief, saying, "Thank God for a cigarette! It's the only thing I will thank the mingy old blighter for."

Word Forms

• mingier
• mingiest

Synonyms for mingy

Depending on context, synonyms include niggardly, little, miserly, tight, small, stingy.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include stingy, miserly, ungenerous, small, little, tight.

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