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Minginess (Noun)

Meaning

Extreme stinginess.

Classification

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.

Examples

  • His aunt was infamous for her minginess, often reusing tea bags multiple times to save a few pennies.
  • The minginess of the billionaire philanthropist was exposed when he left a dollar tip for his server at a high-end restaurant.
  • Many people perceived Scrooge's minginess as a major part of his unlikable personality, leading him to live a solitary life.
  • The couple's argument started when one of them discovered the minginess of the other in secretly returning items they had given as gifts.
  • His minginess often ruined family gatherings when he refused to contribute to dinner or split the bill.

Synonyms

  • Parsimony
  • Tightness
  • Tightfistedness
  • Closeness
  • Niggardness
  • Parsimoniousness
  • Meanness
  • Niggardliness

Hypernyms

  • Stinginess

Hyponyms

  • Smallness
  • Miserliness
  • Pettiness

Related Words

  • Mingy (adjective)
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