miser
7
6.5
- noun
- /ˈmaɪzər/
:
miser
- Living alone in a run-down house, he was the typical miser, hoarding his wealth and rarely enjoying life.
He could be a miser, he could be a hypochondriac.
- He could be a miser, he could be a hypochondriac.
- He's got, you know, great example here of the miser in in one of Gogol's stories, right?
- There are people who in fact become misers, right?
Examples
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I wish I didn't have to work for Great-Aunt March, that crabby old miser.
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Sleep is Ellen's reward for a good day's work, and she guards it as carefully as a miser guards his gold.
Fiction book (1998) -
You want me to be a miser all my life?
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Are you a rich miser or something?
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Yet their enemies protect their lives like a miser protects his money.
Academic text (2007) -
She'd been unhappy with him for months, complaining that he was a miser and that they never had any fun together.
Fiction book (2000) -
His hands opened and closed at us with the rapacity of a miser being held back from his coins.
Fiction book (1990) -
Begrudgingly giving Bob the whole of Christmas Day off, the miser trudged homeward.
Fiction book (1998) -
The old man was known as a miser because he refused to spend any of his fortune.
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She called him a miser after he declined to donate even a small amount to the charity.
Synonyms
5
8.7
A person who does not like to spend money
2
8.5
A person who refuses to spend money or share with others
1
9.3
A person who does not like to spend money
1
9.1
A person who does not like to spend money
1
5.8
A person who spends very little money to save as much as possible
1
9.8
A person who does not like to spend money
A person who only cares about making money
A person who does not like to spend money
A person who does not like to spend money
Antonyms
How Stingy
- Offensive
2
8.5
- Offensive
1
9.1
7
6.5
- Offensive
13
7.0
- Informal
1
5.8
Surface Forms
Etymology
Miser comes from the old Latin word miser, which meant 'wretched' or 'unhappy' and is the same root as miserable. So a miser is someone so tight with money that they often live poorly and sadly.