niggardly

Definitions

Reluctant to give or spend; stingy or miserly.

Meager or scanty in amount.

Examples

The company was criticized for its niggardly approach to employee benefits despite record-breaking profits.

He was known for being niggardly with his praise, rarely offering a kind word even when it was well-deserved.

Synonyms

stingy miserly parsimonious cheap tight-fisted penurious skimping

Antonyms

generous lavish munificent bountiful charitable magnanimous liberal