stingy

Giving or spending reluctantly.

Scanty or meager.

Stinging; piercing, as the wind; sharp, as a criticism.

Ill-tempered.

Meanly avaricious; extremely close-fisted and covetous; niggardly: as, a stingy fellow.

Scanty; not full or plentiful.

Synonyms Parsimonious, Miserly, etc. (see penurious), illiberal, ungenerous, saving, chary.

Stinging; able to sting.

Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious.

Stinging; able to sting.