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Mingier vs Minger - What's the difference?

mingier | minger |

As an adjective mingier

is comparative of mingy.

As a noun minger is

an unattractive person (of either sex).

mingier

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (mingy)

    • mingy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (colloquial) Mean, miserly, stingy.
  • *1974 , (GB Edwards), The Book of Ebenezer Le Page , New York 2007, p. 298:
  • *:After the Liberation Mrs Crewe kept on being as mingy as before with the food; and wouldn't let Harold buy any new clothes.
  • *1985 , (Peter Carey), Illywhacker , Faber and Faber 2003, p. 413:
  • *:Now all that, in its mingy way, is logical enough.

    • Synonyms

    * niggardly

    minger

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British, slang, offensive) An unattractive person (of either sex).
    • She's a minger !

    References

    Synonyms
    * munter * ugly duckling