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Translate stingy from English to Swedish

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stingy:
- girig; girigt; falsk; falskt; föraktligt; föraktlig
- gnidig; knussligt; knusslig; närigt; närig
Wiktionary:
- stingy → snål
- stingy → snål, njugg, sniken, småaktig, småskuren, petnoga, gniden, gnidig, girig

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Detailed Translations for stingy from English to Swedish

stingy:

stingy adj

stingy (miserly; avaricious; niggardly)
girig; girigt
- girig adj
- girigt adj
stingy (false; fictitious; faked; feigned; sham; not genuine; bogus; mean)
falsk; falskt
- falsk adj
- falskt adj
stingy (despicable; scornful; niggardly; mean; false)
föraktligt; föraktlig
- föraktligt adj
- föraktlig adj

stingy

stingy (miserly; mean)
gnidig
- gnidig
stingy (mean; sparing; niggardly; parsimonious)
knussligt; knusslig
- knussligt
- knusslig
stingy (greedy)
närigt; närig
- närigt
- närig

Translation Matrix for stingy:

Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	meager; meagerly; meagre; meagrely; scrimpy; ungenerous
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
gnidig	mean; miserly; stingy
knusslig	mean; niggardly; parsimonious; sparing; stingy
knussligt	mean; niggardly; parsimonious; sparing; stingy
närig	greedy; stingy
närigt	greedy; stingy
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
falsk	bogus; faked; false; feigned; fictitious; mean; not genuine; sham; stingy	affected; artificial; bad; badly; behind one's back; changeling; cunning; double-tongued; evil-minded; faked; false; falsely; feigned; foul; indecent; inharmonious; jarring; low; lying; malicious; mean; mendacious; nasty; offensive; phoney; pretended; ribald; scurvy; secretly; sharp; shrewd; slippery; sly; supposititious; underhand; unmelodious; untruthful; vicious; vile; with evil intention
falskt	bogus; faked; false; feigned; fictitious; mean; not genuine; sham; stingy	affected; artificial; bad; badly; behind one's back; changeling; cunning; disordered; double-tongued; evil-minded; faked; false; falsely; feigned; foul; higgledy-piggledy; indecent; inharmonious; jarring; jumbled; low; lying; malicious; mean; mendacious; mistaken; nasty; offensive; phoney; pretended; ribald; scurvy; secretly; sharp; shrewd; slippery; sly; supposititious; underhand; unmelodious; untrue; untruthful; vicious; vile; with evil intention; wrong
föraktlig	despicable; false; mean; niggardly; scornful; stingy
föraktligt	despicable; false; mean; niggardly; scornful; stingy
girig	avaricious; miserly; niggardly; stingy	grasping; greedy; moneygrubbing
girigt	avaricious; miserly; niggardly; stingy	avid; covetous; desirous; eager; eagre; grasping; greedy; keen; moneygrubbing; predatory; rapacious; thirsty; vulturine

Related Words for "stingy":

stinginess, stingier, stingiest

Synonyms for "stingy":

ungenerous; beggarly; mean; cheap; chinchy; chintzy; cheeseparing; close; near; penny-pinching; skinny; closefisted; hardfisted; tightfisted; grudging; niggardly; scrimy; mingy; miserly; tight; parsimonious; penurious; selfish; uncharitable; meanspirited
meager; meagre; meagerly; scrimpy; bare; scanty; spare; exiguous; hand-to-mouth; hardscrabble; marginal; measly; miserable; paltry; insufficient; deficient; scarce

Antonyms for "stingy":

generous; ample

Related Definitions for "stingy":

deficient in amount or quality or extent¹
unwilling to spend¹
- she practices economy without being stingy¹

Wiktionary Translations for stingy:

stingy

adjective

covetous, meanly avaricious
- stingy → snål

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• stingy	→ snål; njugg; sniken	↔ geizig — sehr sparsam, seine materiellen Werte zurückhaltend
• stingy	→ småaktig; småskuren; petnoga	↔ kleinlich — übertrieben genau, zu stark auf Kleinigkeiten achtend
• stingy	→ gniden; gnidig	↔ knauserig — (umgangssprachlich) äußerst sparsam, geizig
• stingy	→ girig; njugg	↔ avare — Qui a un désir excessif d’accumuler.
• stingy	→ girig; njugg	↔ avaricieux — Qui est d’une avarice mesquine.

Related Translations for stingy

be stingy

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University