Definition of miser

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Miser (n.) A covetous, grasping, mean person; esp., one having wealth, who lives miserably for the sake of saving and increasing his hoard..

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Grasping :: Grasping (a.) Avaricious; greedy of gain; covetous; close; miserly; as, he is a grasping man..
Penury :: Penury (n.) Penuriousness; miserliness.
Wretched :: Wretched (a.) Very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting..
Commiserating :: Commiserating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Commiserat.
Woful :: Woful (a.) Wretched; paltry; miserable; poor.
Miser :: Miser (n.) A kind of large earth auger.
Miserere :: Miserere (n.) A small projecting boss or bracket, on the under side of the hinged seat of a church stall (see Stall). It was intended, the seat being turned up, to give some support to a worshiper when standing. Called also misericordia..
Accurst :: Accurst (p. p. & a.) Doomed to destruction or misery; cursed; hence, bad enough to be under the curse; execrable; detestable; exceedingly hateful; -- as, an accursed deed..
Sympathy :: Sympathy (n.) Kindness of feeling toward one who suffers; pity; commiseration; compassion.
Antithesis :: Antithesis (n.) An opposition or contrast of words or sentiments occurring in the same sentence; as, The prodigal robs his heir; the miser robs himself. He had covertly shot at Cromwell; he how openly aimed at the Queen..
Lamentable :: Lamentable (a.) Miserable; pitiful; paltry; -- in a contemptuous or ridiculous sense.
Miserable :: Miserable (a.) Worthless; mean; despicable; as, a miserable fellow; a miserable dinner..
Uncreated :: Uncreated (a.) Not yet created; as, misery uncreated..
Pelter :: Pelter (n.) A pinchpenny; a mean, sordid person; a miser; a skinflint..
Sadly :: Sadly (adv.) Grievously; deeply; sorrowfully; miserably.
Miseries :: Miseries (pl. ) of Miser.
Distress :: Distress (n.) That which occasions suffering; painful situation; misfortune; affliction; misery.
Promisor :: Promisor (n.) One who engages or undertakes; a promiser.
Ruth :: Ruth (v.) Sorrow for the misery of another; pity; tenderness.
Miser :: Miser (n.) A covetous, grasping, mean person; esp., one having wealth, who lives miserably for the sake of saving and increasing his hoard..
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