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miserly
miserlylike a miser; cheap, stingy, penurious: He is not miserly with his gifts.
Not to be confused with:misery – tribulation, suffering; grief, anguish, torment, desolation: the misery of abject povertymi·ser·ly M0334700 (mī′zər-lē)adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser; avaricious or penurious.
mi′ser·li·ness n.miserly (ˈmaɪzəlɪ) adjof or resembling a miser; avaricious ˈmiserliness nmi•ser•ly (ˈmaɪ zər li)
adj. of, like, or befitting a miser; penurious; stingy; niggardly. [1585–95] mi′ser•li•ness, n. syn: See stingy1. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | miserly - (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity; "a mean person"; "he left a miserly tip"mingy, tight, meanstingy, ungenerous - unwilling to spend; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds" |
miserlyadjective mean, stingy, penny-pinching (informal), parsimonious, close, near, grasping, beggarly, illiberal, avaricious, niggardly, ungenerous, covetous, penurious, tightfisted, close-fisted, tight-arsed (taboo slang), mingy (Brit. informal), tight-assed (U.S. taboo slang), snoep (S. African informal), tight as a duck's arse (taboo slang) He is miserly with both his time and his money.
generous, charitable, extravagant, prodigal, unselfishmiserlyadjectiveUngenerously or pettily reluctant to spend money:cheap, close, close-fisted, costive, hard-fisted, mean, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, petty, pinching, stingy, tight, tightfisted.Translationsmiser (ˈmaizə) noun a mean person who lives very poorly in order to store up wealth. That old miser won't give you a cent! 守財奴 守财奴ˈmiserly adjective 吝嗇的 吝啬的ˈmiserliness noun 吝嗇 吝啬IdiomsSeemiserly sortEncyclopediaSeeMiserlinessmiserly
Synonyms for miserlyadj meanSynonyms- mean
- stingy
- penny-pinching
- parsimonious
- close
- near
- grasping
- beggarly
- illiberal
- avaricious
- niggardly
- ungenerous
- covetous
- penurious
- tightfisted
- close-fisted
- tight-arsed
- mingy
- tight-assed
- snoep
- tight as a duck's arse
Antonyms- generous
- charitable
- extravagant
- prodigal
- unselfish
Synonyms for miserlyadj ungenerously or pettily reluctant to spend moneySynonyms- cheap
- close
- close-fisted
- costive
- hard-fisted
- mean
- niggard
- niggardly
- parsimonious
- penny-pinching
- penurious
- petty
- pinching
- stingy
- tight
- tightfisted
Synonyms for miserlyadj (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generositySynonymsRelated Words |