A Miser

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A miser. A miser is a person who is reluctant to spend sometimes to the point of forgoing even basic comforts and some necessities in order to hoard money or other possessions. Someone who lives very meagerly and never spends money is an example of a miser. She declared she was thrifty but neither a miser nor a kidnaper nor a witch. The miser liked to sit and play with his money recent examples on the web only when the ghost of christmas yet to come brings scrooge face to face with his own impermanence in the form of his tombstone does the old miser begin to show benevolence and compassion toward others.

2003 2012 princeton university farlex inc. Noun the definition of a miser is a greedy person who hoards all his money. Although the word is sometimes used loosely to characterise anyone who is mean with their money if such behaviour is not accompanied by taking delight in what is saved it is not properly miserly. A wretched or unhappy person.

Noun a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money. Miser a stingy hoarder of money and possessions often living miserably cheapskate tightwad a miserly person hoarder a person who accumulates things and hides them away for future use based on wordnet 3 0 farlex clipart collection. Robert was right in calling him a miser but he had not always deserved the name.