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miser

(maɪzəʳ)
Word forms: plural misers
countable noun
If you say that someone is a miser, you disapprove of them because they seem to hate spending money, and to spend as little as possible.
[disapproval]
I'm married to a miser.
Synonyms: hoarder, hunks [rare], Scrooge, penny-pincher [informal] More Synonyms of miser

miser in British English 1

(ˈmaɪzə)
noun
1. 
a person who hoards money or possessions, often living miserably
2. 
selfish person
Word origin
C16: from Latin: wretched

miser in British English 2

(ˈmaɪzə)
noun
civil engineering
a large hand-operated auger used for loose soils
Word origin
C19: origin unknown

miser in American English

(ˈmaɪzər)
noun
1. 
a greedy, stingy person who hoards money for its own sake, even at the expense of personal comfort
2.  Obsolete
a miserable person; wretch
Word origin
L, wretched, unhappy, ill, worthless

Examples of 'miser' in a sentence
miser

It was more of a challenge, all the skill I could muster, mixed with the miser in me.
Sillitoe, Alan THE OPEN DOOR
He dabbed the sweat from his balding pate and raked his winnings towards him like some apprehensive miser.
MacNeill, Alistair ALASTAIR MCLEAN'S 'NIGHT WATCH'
Clothes were her real passion: buying them, caring for them, or just looking at them with the fierce joy of a miser with his gold.
West, Charles STAGE FRIGHT
When I admitted to a miser 's thrift, you never asked a thing, but I would spend my life to shoe your feet and love the last moment of it.
Kathleen E. Woodiwiss THE WOLF AND THE DOVE

In other languages
miser

British English: miser /ˈmaɪzə/ NOUN
If you say that someone is a miser, you disapprove of them because they seem to hate spending money, and try to spend as little as possible.
I'm married to a miser.
  • American English: miser
  • Arabic: بَخِيلٌ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: avarento
  • Chinese: 吝啬鬼
  • Croatian: škrtac
  • Czech: lakomec
  • Danish: gnier
  • Dutch: vrek
  • European Spanish: avaro
  • Finnish: saituri
  • French: avare
  • German: Geizhals
  • Greek: φιλάργυρος
  • Italian: avaro
  • Japanese: どけち
  • Korean: 구두쇠
  • Norwegian: gjerrigknark
  • Polish: skąpiec
  • European Portuguese: avarento
  • Romanian: avar
  • Russian: скряга
  • Latin American Spanish: avaro
  • Swedish: snåljåp
  • Thai: คนตระหนี่
  • Turkish: pinti
  • Ukrainian: скнара
  • Vietnamese: người keo kiệt

Chinese translation of 'miser'

miser

(ˈmaɪzəʳ) (pej)

n (c)

  1. 守财(財)奴 (shǒucáinú) (个(個), gè)
(noun) 
Definition
a person who hoards money and hates spending it
I'm married to a miser.
Synonyms
hoarder
Most hoarders have favourite hiding places.
hunks (rare)
Scrooge
What a bunch of Scrooges.
penny-pincher (informal)
curmudgeon
skinflint
screw (slang)
cheapskate (informal)
tight-arse (taboo, slang)
tightwad (US, Canadian, slang)
churl (archaic)
tight-ass (US, taboo, slang)
niggard

Additional synonyms

in the sense of niggard
Definition
a stingy person
Synonyms
miser,
screw (slang),
Scrooge,
penny-pincher (informal),
skinflint,
cheapskate (informal),
tight-arse (taboo, slang),
churl (archaic),
tight-ass (US, taboo, slang),
cheeseparer,
meanie or meany (informal, British)
in the sense of Scrooge
Definition
a mean or miserly person
What a bunch of Scrooges.
Synonyms
miser,
penny-pincher (informal),
skinflint,
cheapskate (informal),
tight-arse (taboo, slang),
tightwad (US, Canadian, slang),
tight-ass (US, taboo, slang),
niggard,
money-grubber (informal),
meanie or meany (informal, British)

Nearby words of
miser

  • miscreant
  • misdeed
  • misdemeanour
  • miser
  • miserable
  • miserliness
  • miserly

Synonyms of 'miser'

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