miser
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English misser, from Late Latin miser (“wretched, unfortunate, unhappy, miserable, sick, ill, bad, worthless, etc.”).
Inflected forms:
form: misers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person who hoards money rather than spending it; one who is cheap or extremely parsimonious.
pos: noun
tags: derogatory
examples: Scrooge was a typical miser: spending nothing he could save, nor enjoying his wealth.
[…] foꝛ it was many times notoꝛious vnto al mẽ, yͭ he did eate in his houſe no other fleſh by the ſpace of iii. dayes, but on Hare, whiche was ſent him. He was ſuch a miſer to ſpend, ⁊ ſo deſirous to hooꝛd and lay vp money, yͭ had it not béene foꝛ ſome dayes of ſacrifices, oꝛ his bidden gueſts, not a moꝛsel of fleſh was eaten in his houſe: but only fed of his pꝛouiſion from his garden.
gloss: A person who is wretched or despicable; a wretch.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: […] a poore virgin ſir, an il-fauor’d thing ſir, but mine owne, a poore humour of mine ſir, to take that that no man elſe will: rich honeſtie dwels like a miſer ſir, in a poore houſe, as your Pearle in your foule oyſter.
gloss: A kind of earth auger, typically large-bored and often hand-operated.
pos: noun
Synonyms: carl
cheapass
cheapie
cheapskate
cheapo
churl
clutchfist
el cheapo
last of the big spenders
magpie
miser
moneygrubber
muckworm
nickel nurser
nig
niggard
nigon
nipcheese
nipfarthing
penny-father
penny pincher
pickpenny
piker
pinch-commons
pinch-gut
pincher
pinchfist
pinchpenny
scrimp
scrooge
snudge
squirrel
skinflint
tight-arse
tightwad
Antonyms: spendthrift
Related words: miserable
misery
misère
stingy
greedy
Derived words: miserdom
miserhood
miserism
miserly
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: بَخِيل
roman: baḵīl
lang: Arabic
word: بَخِيلَة
roman: baḵīla
lang: Armenian
word: ժլատ
roman: žlat
lang: Armenian
word: կծծի
roman: kcci
lang: Armenian
word: գծուծ
roman: gcuc
lang: Armenian
word: քցիպ
roman: kʻcʻip
lang: Bulgarian
word: скъперник
roman: skǎpernik
lang: Bulgarian
word: стипца
roman: stipca
lang: Catalan
word: avar
lang: Catalan
word: agarrat
lang: Catalan
word: gasiu
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 孤寒鬼
roman: gu¹ hon⁴ gwai²
lang: Chinese
word: 凍霜鬼 /冻霜鬼
roman: tàng-sng-kúi
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 吝嗇鬼 /吝啬鬼
roman: lìnsèguǐ
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 守財奴 /守财奴
roman: shǒucáinú
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 小气鬼
roman: xiǎoqìguǐ
lang: Czech
word: držgrešle
lang: Czech
word: skrblík
lang: Czech
word: lakomec
lang: Danish
word: gnier
lang: Danish
word: fedtsyl
lang: Dutch
word: gierigaard
lang: Dutch
word: vrek
lang: Dutch
word: krentenkakker
lang: Dutch
word: krent
lang: Dutch
word: schraper
lang: Esperanto
word: avarulo
lang: Esperanto
word: avarulino
lang: Faroese
word: kargapisa
lang: Faroese
word: nábalsklógv
lang: Fijian
word: mamaqi
lang: Finnish
word: saituri
lang: Finnish
word: kitupiikki
lang: Finnish
word: penninvenyttäjä
lang: Finnish
word: itarus
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word: avare
lang: French
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word: grippe-sou
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word: picsou
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word: pingre
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word: radin
lang: French
word: rat
lang: French
word: séraphin
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word: ძუნწი
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word: Geizhals
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word: Geizkragen
lang: German
word: Geiziger
lang: German
word: Geizige
lang: German
word: Pfennigfuchser
lang: German
word: Pfennigfuchserin
lang: German
word: Pfennigklauber
lang: German
word: Pfennigklauberin
lang: German
word: Rappenspalter
lang: German
word: Rappenspalterin
lang: German
word: Knauser
lang: German
word: Knauserin
lang: German
word: Knicker
lang: German
word: Knickerin
lang: Greek
word: τσιγγούνης
roman: tsingoúnis
lang: Greek
word: φιλάργυρος
roman: filárgyros
lang: Greek
word: φραγκοφονιάς
roman: fragkofoniás
lang: Ancient Greek
word: θρῑ́ψ
roman: thrī́ps
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word: קמצן
roman: qamtsan
lang: Hindi
word: कंजूस
roman: kañjūs
lang: Hungarian
word: fösvény
lang: Hungarian
word: sóher
lang: Hungarian
word: smucig
lang: Icelandic
word: nirfill
lang: Irish
word: cníopaire
lang: Italian
word: avaro
lang: Italian
word: avara
lang: Italian
word: pitocco
lang: Italian
word: pitocca
lang: Italian
word: spilorcio
lang: Italian
word: spilorcia
lang: Italian
word: taccagno
lang: Italian
word: taccagna
lang: Italian
word: tirchio
lang: Italian
word: tirchia
lang: Japanese
word: 守銭奴
roman: shusendo
lang: Japanese
word: ケチ
roman: kechi
lang: Japanese
word: けちんぼう
roman: kechinbō
lang: Korean
word: 수전노
roman: sujeonno
lang: Latin
word: avarus
lang: Latin
word: avara
lang: Latin
word: parcēprōmus
lang: Limburgish
word: bies
lang: Low German
word: Pennschieter
lang: Low German
word: Pennschieterin
lang: Low German
word: Pennschietersch
lang: Low German
word: Pennschietersche
lang: Low German
word: Giezknuppen
lang: Macedonian
word: циција
roman: cicija
lang: Macedonian
word: скржавец
roman: skržavec
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word: പിശുക്കൻ
roman: piśukkaṉ
lang: Malayalam
word: അറുപിശുക്കൻ
roman: aṟupiśukkaṉ
lang: Malayalam
word: ലുബ്ധൻ
roman: lubdhaṉ
lang: Māori
word: atuapo
lang: Māori
word: porokaihākere
lang: Māori
word: kaihākere
lang: Māori
word: kaikoropeke
lang: Māori
word: ringapoto
lang: Māori
word: tōhē
lang: Māori
word: pitokite
lang: Mon
word: အိက်ခအေတ်
lang: Norman
word: agravé
lang: Norman
word: avare
lang: Norman
word: rapinneux
lang: Norwegian
word: gjerrigknark
lang: Occitan
word: sarrat
lang: Occitan
word: cusson
lang: Occitan
word: avar
lang: Old Uyghur
word: 𐽲𐽶𐽴
roman: qyz
lang: Persian
word: خسیس
roman: xasis
lang: Persian
word: اسکروج
roman: eskoruj
lang: Polish
word: kutwa
lang: Polish
word: sknera
lang: Polish
word: sknerus
lang: Polish
word: skąpiec
lang: Polish
word: dusigrosz
lang: Portuguese
word: avarento
lang: Portuguese
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lang: Portuguese
word: mão de vaca
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word: sovina
lang: Portuguese
word: muquirana
lang: Portuguese
word: pão-duro
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word: forreta
lang: Romanian
word: zgârcit
lang: Russian
word: скря́га
roman: skrjága
lang: Russian
word: жа́дина
roman: žádina
lang: Russian
word: скупе́ц
roman: skupéc
lang: Russian
word: скупердя́й
roman: skuperdjáj
lang: Russian
word: крохобо́р
roman: kroxobór
lang: Russian
word: курку́ль
roman: kurkúlʹ
lang: Russian
word: жмот
roman: žmot
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: шкртац
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: шкртица
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: тврдица
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: škrtac
lang: Serbo-Croatian
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lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: tvrdica
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word: tacaño
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word: rata
lang: Spanish
word: pesetero
lang: Spanish
word: agarrado
lang: Spanish
word: roñoso
lang: Spanish
word: codo
lang: Spanish
word: cicatero
lang: Spanish
word: mano de guagua
lang: Spanish
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lang: Spanish
word: pilinque
lang: Spanish
word: pilinqui
lang: Spanish
word: pilishne
lang: Spanish
word: cerracatín
lang: Swahili
word: mbahili
lang: Swedish
word: gnidare
lang: Swedish
word: girigbuk
lang: Swedish
word: snåljåp
lang: Swedish
word: snållänning
lang: Tagalog
word: kuripot
lang: Tagalog
word: singgi
lang: Telugu
word: లోభి
roman: lōbhi
lang: Telugu
word: పిసినారి
roman: pisināri
lang: Telugu
word: పీనాసి
roman: pīnāsi
lang: Telugu
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roman: pīnāśi
lang: Turkish
word: cimri
lang: Turkish
word: pinti
lang: Turkish
word: hasis
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: جام گوز
roman: cam göz
lang: Urdu
word: چنڈال
lang: Vietnamese
word: thần giữ của
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word: gȧjcwonst
lang: Vilamovian
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word: lavaran
lang: Volapük
word: hilavaran
lang: Volapük
word: jilavaran
lang: Yiddish
word: קמצן
roman: kamtsn
lang: Yiddish
word: סקנער
roman: skner
lang: Yiddish
word: סקנערוק
roman: skneruk