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miser
noun[ C ]
disapprovinguk /ˈmaɪ.zər/ us /ˈmaɪ.zɚ/
someone who has a strong wish to have money and hates to spend it守财奴，财迷;吝啬鬼，小气鬼
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Mean with money
begrudge
cheapskate
cheeseparing
chintzy
frugal
frugally
miserliness
miserly
money grabber
money-grubber
money-grubbing
parsimonious
pinchpenny
scrooge
skinflint
stingily
stinginess
tight
ungenerous
ungenerously
miser | American Dictionary
miser
noun[ C ]
us/ˈmɑɪ·zər/
someone who has a great desire to possess money and hates to spend it, sometimes living like a poor person because of this:
On environmental spending, the president is a miser.
miserly
adjectiveus/ˈmɑɪ·zər·li/
My father was pretty miserly.
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