miser

Word family

mi·ser /ˈmaɪzə $ -ər/ noun [countableC]

GENEROUS#someone who is not generous and does not like spending money 守财奴，吝啬鬼，小气鬼 → miserly

Examples from the Corpus

miser• Sir Ralph, he thought, was probably a miser.• Everyone said Mr Henny was a miser who had thousands of pounds hidden under his bed.• So why should a man more used to glamorous roles want to play a mean old miser?• My uncle was a terrible miser - he would walk in lashing rain rather than pay a bus fare.• He drools over them, like that miser.• Henry was not the miser which later historians have labelled him.• A typical miser, he hid his money in the house in various places.

From Longman Business Dictionary

misermi·ser /ˈmaɪzə-ər/ noun [countableC]

a person, organization, country etc that hates spending money

This country is a miser when it comes to research and development spending in engineering.

—miserly adjectiveadj

Teachers complain they already work long hours for miserly pay.

Origin miser

(1500-1600) Latin “miserable”

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