stingy

Day 19Level 2

STIN-jee

penurious

reluctant to give or spend

Part of Speech: adjective

Synonyms:

penurious, avaricious, frugal

Antonyms:

generous, wasteful

Example Sentence:

She has always been generous with love and praise, while stingy with criticism.

Related Words

assign to source

uh-SKRAHYB

to assign to a source

reversion

AT-uh-viz-uhm

a reappearance of an earlier characteristic in an organism after absence in several generations

waste away

AA-troh-fee

wither from disuse, to waste away

counterfeit

BOH-guhs

counterfeit

person who travels

kuh-MYOO-ter

person who travels regularly

bruise

kuhn-TOO-zhuhn

a bruise, esp. from a blow with blunt instrument