| 单词 | miserliness |
| 释义 | (noun) She had always despised miserliness. Synonyms meanness This careful attitude to money can border on meanness. penny-pinching (informal) He is well known for his eccentric penny-pinching. avarice a month's rent - just enough to satisfy the landlord's avarice parsimony (formal) Due to the parsimony of the local council, only one machine was built. nearness (informal) stinginess covetousness churlishness cheeseparing niggardliness graspingness close- or tightfistedness penuriousness QuotationAdditional synonymsin the sense of avarice Definition extreme greed for wealth a month's rent - just enough to satisfy the landlord's avarice Synonyms greed, meanness, penny-pinching, parsimony (formal), acquisitiveness, rapacity, cupidity (formal), stinginess, covetousness, miserliness, greediness, niggardliness, graspingness, close-fistedness, penuriousness in the sense of nearness Synonyms meanness, parsimony (formal), stinginess, niggardlinessin the sense of parsimony Definition extreme caution in spending Due to the parsimony of the local council, only one machine was built. Synonyms meanness, tightness, penny-pinching (informal), frugality, nearness (informal), stinginess, miserliness, niggardliness, minginess (British, informal) Nearby words of |
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