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miserly:

miserly adj

  1. miserly (avaricious; stingy; niggardly)
    avare; radin; parcimonieux; pingre; mesquin; chiche; ladre

Translation Matrix for miserly:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
avare avarice; greed for money; haggler; love of money; miser; money-grub; niggard; short arms deep pockets; skin-flint; skinflint
AdjectiveRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- mean; mingy; tight
OtherRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- mean; stingy
ModifierRelated TranslationsOther Translations
avare avaricious; miserly; niggardly; stingy pinchy
chiche avaricious; miserly; niggardly; stingy flimsy; lean; miserable; parched; poor; scanty; shabby; thin
ladre avaricious; miserly; niggardly; stingy parched
mesquin avaricious; miserly; niggardly; stingy a small voice; bashfull; bourgeois; confined; cramped; diffident; like a narrow minded man; lower-middle-class; narrow; narrow minded; narrow-mindedness; niggling; parochial; petty; petty-bourgeois; pinchy; provincial; small-town; trifly
parcimonieux avaricious; miserly; niggardly; stingy flimsy; lean; miserable; poor; shabby; thin
pingre avaricious; miserly; niggardly; stingy parched
radin avaricious; miserly; niggardly; stingy pinchy

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Synonyms for "miserly":


Related Definitions for "miserly":

  1. (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity1
    • he left a miserly tip1

Wiktionary Translations for miserly:

miserly
adjective
  1. like a miser; very covetous; stingy
miserly
adjective
  1. Qui a un désir excessif d’accumuler.
  2. Qui est d’une avarice mesquine.
  3. populaire|fr avare.

miserly form of miser:

miser [the ~] nom

  1. the miser (haggler; niggard; money-grub; skinflint; short arms deep pockets)
    le traficoteur; le grippe-sou; l'avare; le racloir
  2. the miser (skin-flint)
    le grippe-sou; l'avare
  3. the miser (sourpuss)
    la mauvaise humeur; le chagrin

Translation Matrix for miser:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
avare haggler; miser; money-grub; niggard; short arms deep pockets; skin-flint; skinflint avarice; greed for money; love of money
chagrin miser; sourpuss alarm; annoyance; anxiety; chagrin; concern; distress; grief; melancholy; mournfulness; sadness; sorrow; uneasiness; vexation; worry
grippe-sou haggler; miser; money-grub; niggard; short arms deep pockets; skin-flint; skinflint cheapskate; haggleress; horse-trader; shady trader; trafficker
mauvaise humeur miser; sourpuss displeasure; grumpiness; irritability; moodiness; peevishness; pique; susceptibility; testiness; touchiness
racloir haggler; miser; money-grub; niggard; short arms deep pockets; skinflint scraper; scraping-knife; scriber
traficoteur haggler; miser; money-grub; niggard; short arms deep pockets; skinflint cheapskate; horse-trader; shady trader; trafficker
OtherRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- cheapskate; skinflint
ModifierRelated TranslationsOther Translations
avare avaricious; miserly; niggardly; pinchy; stingy
chagrin melancholic; nostalgic; pensive; sad; wistful

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Synonyms for "miser":


Related Definitions for "miser":

  1. a stingy hoarder of money and possessions (often living miserably)1

Wiktionary Translations for miser:

miser
noun
  1. skinflint or scrooge
miser
noun
  1. Personne avare.
  2. substantif de l’adjectif : personne qui est d’une avarice mesquine.
Cross Translation:
FromToVia
• miser → avare ↔ vrek — iemand die ongepaste zuinigheid betracht
• miser → avare ↔ gierigaard — vrek
• miser → grippe-sou ↔ Filz — (umgangssprachlich) abwertend: geiziger Mensch
• miser → avare; grigou; pingre; harpagon; rapiat ↔ Geizhals — sehr geizige Person; jemand, der sehr wenig Neigung hat, anderen etwas zu geben oder überhaupt etwas auszugeben







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