Definition of mingy in English:

mingy

adjectivemingier, mingiest ˈmɪn(d)ʒiˈmɪndʒi

informal

1Mean.
you've been too mingy with the sunscreen
你太吝惜防晒油了。
Example sentencesExamples
- I can think of about a million things I'd rather do than enjoy the delights of small shops - mingy people on the counter, out of date products, an appalling attitude to such matters as refunds and dissatisfaction with what you've bought.
- Well this throws the two Hadassah ladies off, as I put a mingy $2 in their donation box.
- Attending pro tours is not for the mingy and tight-fisted, and a couple of times when Sharath applied to the government for at least a portion of the funds, the assistance came - but too late.
- Provocatively mingy tax cuts seem to have caused black affront on a scale to surprise even the Nats.
- Even the power smirk, which we haven't seen much of since he was - unfairly - blamed for single-handedly jeopardising Labour's election chances with his mingy Budget, is back.
- The almost ostentatiously mingy tax cuts, and the general theme of not Jam Tomorrow, but Jam the Day After Tomorrow, If You're All Very Good, seem to have played right into the Opposition's hands.
- I was feeling a bit mingy and I bought the cheaper beads when I was in NY.
- Tristan is an opera with no place for mingy bourgeois compromise.
- Sometimes she opined He was maybe a little skraps - mingy - in the dishing out of common sense, which she said was not really that common after all.
- He's a mean, mingy quasi nutcase curmudgeon who threatens players, gives them cold pricklies, and who demands attention to things like gameplan, tactics, and skills.
Synonyms
thrifty, economical, frugal, canny, careful, prudent, cautious, abstemious, saving, energy-efficient, energy-saving, fuel-efficient, fuel-saving, scrimping, parsimonious
1. 1.1 Undesirably small.
  小得令人吃惊的，少得可怜的
  a mingy kitchenette
  Example sentencesExamples
  Screen goddesses like Rita Hayworth or Ava Gardner could have tucked one of those mingy little girls from Friends into their cleavage and still had room for Errol Flynn's accordion.
  It was fourteen dollars, for two coffees and two mingy blondies, which he paid without flinching, even leaving the change from his twenty in the concessionaire's plastic cup.
  The few mingy scraps of surviving forest were eerily silent, but once they crossed the borders of the MURC-controlled zone the vegetation closed around them with the density of a cave.
  Synonyms
  trivial, unimportant, insignificant, inconsequential, petty, minor, of little account, of no account, of little consequence, of no consequence, not worth mentioning, not worth bothering about, light, footling, fiddling, pettifogging, incidental

Derivatives

mingily

adverb

informal

Perhaps it is true that, as his admirers believe, a sublimely arcane and complex intentionality lies behind the fragmented and mingily internalized imagery of late Johns, tying all its scattered hints together.
Example sentencesExamples
- He had Kumble bowling in three spells even when he was getting wickets and bowling mingily but he cleverly held him back for a few overs to the tailenders.
- Very different from ‘my day’ when it was on a faint, mingily A5-sized bit of thin paper - these days it is like a credit card.
- My convention diary is unusually disjointed, since I was mingily commuting from Berkshire rather than pay £65 per night for a single room.
- I'm hoarding what must be the most expensive jar of Cheez Whiz ever eaten, and scraping it mingily across my bread to make the taste go as far as possible.

Origin

Early 20th century: perhaps a blend of mean² and stingy.

Rhymes

dingy, fringy, stingy, whingy

Definition of mingy in US English:

mingy

adjectiveˈminjēˈmɪndʒi

informal

1Mean and stingy.
you've been too mingy with the sunscreen
你太吝惜防晒油了。
Example sentencesExamples
- Provocatively mingy tax cuts seem to have caused black affront on a scale to surprise even the Nats.
- Even the power smirk, which we haven't seen much of since he was - unfairly - blamed for single-handedly jeopardising Labour's election chances with his mingy Budget, is back.
- I was feeling a bit mingy and I bought the cheaper beads when I was in NY.
- Well this throws the two Hadassah ladies off, as I put a mingy $2 in their donation box.
- He's a mean, mingy quasi nutcase curmudgeon who threatens players, gives them cold pricklies, and who demands attention to things like gameplan, tactics, and skills.
- Attending pro tours is not for the mingy and tight-fisted, and a couple of times when Sharath applied to the government for at least a portion of the funds, the assistance came - but too late.
- The almost ostentatiously mingy tax cuts, and the general theme of not Jam Tomorrow, but Jam the Day After Tomorrow, If You're All Very Good, seem to have played right into the Opposition's hands.
- Sometimes she opined He was maybe a little skraps - mingy - in the dishing out of common sense, which she said was not really that common after all.
- I can think of about a million things I'd rather do than enjoy the delights of small shops - mingy people on the counter, out of date products, an appalling attitude to such matters as refunds and dissatisfaction with what you've bought.
- Tristan is an opera with no place for mingy bourgeois compromise.
Synonyms
thrifty, economical, frugal, canny, careful, prudent, cautious, abstemious, saving, energy-efficient, energy-saving, fuel-efficient, fuel-saving, scrimping, parsimonious
1. 1.1 Unexpectedly or undesirably small.
  小得令人吃惊的，少得可怜的
  a mingy kitchenette tucked in the corner
  挤在角落里小得可怜的厨房。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The few mingy scraps of surviving forest were eerily silent, but once they crossed the borders of the MURC-controlled zone the vegetation closed around them with the density of a cave.
  It was fourteen dollars, for two coffees and two mingy blondies, which he paid without flinching, even leaving the change from his twenty in the concessionaire's plastic cup.
  Screen goddesses like Rita Hayworth or Ava Gardner could have tucked one of those mingy little girls from Friends into their cleavage and still had room for Errol Flynn's accordion.
  Synonyms
  trivial, unimportant, insignificant, inconsequential, petty, minor, of little account, of no account, of little consequence, of no consequence, not worth mentioning, not worth bothering about, light, footling, fiddling, pettifogging, incidental

Origin

Early 20th century: perhaps a blend of mean and stingy.

词汇	mingy
释义	Definition of mingy in English: mingy adjectivemingier, mingiest ˈmɪn(d)ʒiˈmɪndʒi informal 1Mean. you've been too mingy with the sunscreen 你太吝惜防晒油了。 Example sentencesExamples I can think of about a million things I'd rather do than enjoy the delights of small shops - mingy people on the counter, out of date products, an appalling attitude to such matters as refunds and dissatisfaction with what you've bought. Well this throws the two Hadassah ladies off, as I put a mingy $2 in their donation box. Attending pro tours is not for the mingy and tight-fisted, and a couple of times when Sharath applied to the government for at least a portion of the funds, the assistance came - but too late. Provocatively mingy tax cuts seem to have caused black affront on a scale to surprise even the Nats. Even the power smirk, which we haven't seen much of since he was - unfairly - blamed for single-handedly jeopardising Labour's election chances with his mingy Budget, is back. The almost ostentatiously mingy tax cuts, and the general theme of not Jam Tomorrow, but Jam the Day After Tomorrow, If You're All Very Good, seem to have played right into the Opposition's hands. I was feeling a bit mingy and I bought the cheaper beads when I was in NY. Tristan is an opera with no place for mingy bourgeois compromise. Sometimes she opined He was maybe a little skraps - mingy - in the dishing out of common sense, which she said was not really that common after all. He's a mean, mingy quasi nutcase curmudgeon who threatens players, gives them cold pricklies, and who demands attention to things like gameplan, tactics, and skills. Synonyms thrifty, economical, frugal, canny, careful, prudent, cautious, abstemious, saving, energy-efficient, energy-saving, fuel-efficient, fuel-saving, scrimping, parsimonious 1.1 Undesirably small. 小得令人吃惊的，少得可怜的 a mingy kitchenette Example sentencesExamples Screen goddesses like Rita Hayworth or Ava Gardner could have tucked one of those mingy little girls from Friends into their cleavage and still had room for Errol Flynn's accordion. It was fourteen dollars, for two coffees and two mingy blondies, which he paid without flinching, even leaving the change from his twenty in the concessionaire's plastic cup. The few mingy scraps of surviving forest were eerily silent, but once they crossed the borders of the MURC-controlled zone the vegetation closed around them with the density of a cave. Synonyms trivial, unimportant, insignificant, inconsequential, petty, minor, of little account, of no account, of little consequence, of no consequence, not worth mentioning, not worth bothering about, light, footling, fiddling, pettifogging, incidental Derivatives mingily adverb informal Perhaps it is true that, as his admirers believe, a sublimely arcane and complex intentionality lies behind the fragmented and mingily internalized imagery of late Johns, tying all its scattered hints together. Example sentencesExamples He had Kumble bowling in three spells even when he was getting wickets and bowling mingily but he cleverly held him back for a few overs to the tailenders. Very different from ‘my day’ when it was on a faint, mingily A5-sized bit of thin paper - these days it is like a credit card. My convention diary is unusually disjointed, since I was mingily commuting from Berkshire rather than pay £65 per night for a single room. I'm hoarding what must be the most expensive jar of Cheez Whiz ever eaten, and scraping it mingily across my bread to make the taste go as far as possible. Origin Early 20th century: perhaps a blend of mean² and stingy. Rhymes dingy, fringy, stingy, whingy Definition of mingy in US English: mingy adjectiveˈminjēˈmɪndʒi informal 1Mean and stingy. you've been too mingy with the sunscreen 你太吝惜防晒油了。 Example sentencesExamples Provocatively mingy tax cuts seem to have caused black affront on a scale to surprise even the Nats. Even the power smirk, which we haven't seen much of since he was - unfairly - blamed for single-handedly jeopardising Labour's election chances with his mingy Budget, is back. I was feeling a bit mingy and I bought the cheaper beads when I was in NY. Well this throws the two Hadassah ladies off, as I put a mingy $2 in their donation box. He's a mean, mingy quasi nutcase curmudgeon who threatens players, gives them cold pricklies, and who demands attention to things like gameplan, tactics, and skills. Attending pro tours is not for the mingy and tight-fisted, and a couple of times when Sharath applied to the government for at least a portion of the funds, the assistance came - but too late. The almost ostentatiously mingy tax cuts, and the general theme of not Jam Tomorrow, but Jam the Day After Tomorrow, If You're All Very Good, seem to have played right into the Opposition's hands. Sometimes she opined He was maybe a little skraps - mingy - in the dishing out of common sense, which she said was not really that common after all. I can think of about a million things I'd rather do than enjoy the delights of small shops - mingy people on the counter, out of date products, an appalling attitude to such matters as refunds and dissatisfaction with what you've bought. Tristan is an opera with no place for mingy bourgeois compromise. Synonyms thrifty, economical, frugal, canny, careful, prudent, cautious, abstemious, saving, energy-efficient, energy-saving, fuel-efficient, fuel-saving, scrimping, parsimonious 1.1 Unexpectedly or undesirably small. 小得令人吃惊的，少得可怜的 a mingy kitchenette tucked in the corner 挤在角落里小得可怜的厨房。 Example sentencesExamples The few mingy scraps of surviving forest were eerily silent, but once they crossed the borders of the MURC-controlled zone the vegetation closed around them with the density of a cave. It was fourteen dollars, for two coffees and two mingy blondies, which he paid without flinching, even leaving the change from his twenty in the concessionaire's plastic cup. Screen goddesses like Rita Hayworth or Ava Gardner could have tucked one of those mingy little girls from Friends into their cleavage and still had room for Errol Flynn's accordion. Synonyms trivial, unimportant, insignificant, inconsequential, petty, minor, of little account, of no account, of little consequence, of no consequence, not worth mentioning, not worth bothering about, light, footling, fiddling, pettifogging, incidental Origin Early 20th century: perhaps a blend of mean and stingy.
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