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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Compassion :: Compassion (n.) Literally, suffering with another; a sensation of sorrow excited by the distress or misfortunes of another; pity; commiseration..
Grasping :: Grasping (a.) Avaricious; greedy of gain; covetous; close; miserly; as, he is a grasping man..
Pinchpenny :: Pinchpenny (n.) A miserly person.
Miseration :: Miseration (n.) Commiseration.
Down :: Down (adv.) In a low or the lowest position, literally or figuratively; at the bottom of a decent; below the horizon; of the ground; in a condition of humility, dejection, misery, and the like; in a state of quiet..
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..
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..
Torment :: Torment (n.) Extreme pain; anguish; torture; the utmost degree of misery, either of body or mind..
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..
Forlorn :: Forlorn (v. t.) Destitute; helpless; in pitiful plight; wretched; miserable; almost hopeless; desperate.
Scrimp :: Scrimp (n.) A pinching miser; a niggard.
Misericordia :: Misericordia (n.) A thin-bladed dagger; so called, in the Middle Ages, because used to give the death wound or mercy stroke to a fallen adversary..
Calamity :: Calamity (n.) A state or time of distress or misfortune; misery.
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..
Scrapepenny :: Scrapepenny (n.) One who gathers and hoards money in trifling sums; a miser.
Cursedly :: Cursedly (adv.) In a cursed manner; miserably; in a manner to be detested; enormously.
Snudge :: Snudge (n.) A miser; a sneaking fellow.
Piteous :: Piteous (a.) Fitted to excite pity or sympathy; wretched; miserable; lamentable; sad; as, a piteous case..
Promisor :: Promisor (n.) One who engages or undertakes; a promiser.
Lamentable :: Lamentable (a.) Miserable; pitiful; paltry; -- in a contemptuous or ridiculous sense.
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