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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Woe :: Woe (n.) Grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity.
Utmost :: Utmost (a.) Being in the greatest or highest degree, quantity, number, or the like; greatest; as, the utmost assiduity; the utmost harmony; the utmost misery or happiness..
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..
Pelter :: Pelter (n.) A pinchpenny; a mean, sordid person; a miser; a skinflint..
Misericorde :: Misericorde (n.) Compassion; pity; mercy.
Penurious :: Penurious (a.) Excessively sparing in the use of money; sordid; stingy; miserly.
Wretchedness :: Wretchedness (n.) The quality or state of being wretched; utter misery.
Commiserative :: Commiserative (a.) Feeling or expressing commiseration.
Piteous :: Piteous (a.) Fitted to excite pity or sympathy; wretched; miserable; lamentable; sad; as, a piteous case..
Miserable :: Miserable (a.) Worthless; mean; despicable; as, a miserable fellow; a miserable dinner..
Scraping :: Scraping (a.) Resembling the act of, or the effect produced by, one who, or that which, scrapes; as, a scraping noise; a scraping miser..
Commiserate :: Commiserate (v. t.) To feel sorrow, pain, or regret for; to pity..
Bale :: Bale (n.) Misery; calamity; misfortune; sorrow.
Character :: Character (n.) Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty; as, in the miserable character of a slave; in his character as a magistrate; her character as a daughter..
Distress :: Distress (n.) That which occasions suffering; painful situation; misfortune; affliction; misery.
Forlorn :: Forlorn (v. t.) Destitute; helpless; in pitiful plight; wretched; miserable; almost hopeless; desperate.
Stunk :: Stingy (superl.) Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl..
Compassionate :: Compassionate (v. t.) To have compassion for; to pity; to commiserate; to sympathize with.
Penury :: Penury (n.) Penuriousness; miserliness.
Niggard :: Niggard (n.) A person meanly close and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonous fellow; a miser..
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